Is this the face of true love?

As Valentine’s Day approaches, many loved-up couples are getting round to writing a card, buying some flowers or planning a nice meal to enjoy with their loved one. But a certain Russian college graduate has decided to display her love in another way and has allowed her boyfriend to tattoo his name on to her face.

The Sun has reported that 18-year-old Lesya Toumaniantz allowed tattoo artist Rouslan Toumaniantz to ink his first name across both her cheeks in five-inch high Gothic lettering.

This is a pretty extreme declaration at any stage in a relationship, but the inking occurred on the very day that they met.

Leslya and Rouslan met on an online chatroom and appear to be wrapped up in their romance. Amid the first flurries of love, Leslya has already changed her surname to that of her beau’s on her social media account and the pair are now engaged to be married.

Writing on her Facebook page, Leslya explained her own thoughts behind the tattoo: “It’s a symbol of our eternal devotion. I’d like him to tattoo every inch of my body.”

This isn’t the first time that Rouslan has made the headlines. Last year he fled Belgium after another young woman, Kimberley Vlaeminck, accused him of tattooing a large area of her face with stars when she had only asked for a few.