TATOOS

You can choose from one of the shop’s predrawn designs (called flash), draw your own (or have a friend do it), or have the artist design a custom piece. The choice is totally up to you. Just keep a few things in mind.
The vast majority of flash is purchased from tatoo supply companies by shops […]

So… you’ve been thinking it over for weeks now and you’ve decided you’re finally going to take the plunge… gather up your ten closest friends and go get a tatoo. With your cash in hand, and a vague idea of what you want, you open up the yellow pages to find your friendly neighborhood tatoo […]

Consultation is the first step in all procedures. The patient must schedule an initial appointment so that the tatoo can be evaluated. Its size, shape, color, location and origin (whether the tatoo was done by a professional or an amateur) will all factor into the final price of the removal procedure.
Tatoo removal is performed in […]

I just got my 9th tatoo about 3 days ago. It’s a rather large tribal on the inside of my right calf above my ankle. The problem is, after 3 days, the area around the tatoo is very red and sore and the tatoo itself is weeping. I left the bandage on for 2 hours […]

The history of body art started with prehistoric humans. In the prehistoric era, belief in a soul, guarded by the spirit of another creature, inspired pictures of that creature on the body. The spirit of that creature guarded, gave safety, and led the soul down the path of life. Body art was a way to […]

I just recently received my first tatoo a week ago and it is of a single long stem red rose that was custom done and it is placed on my left breast so that is shows just above the neckline. I have not had any real problems with it other than I noticed that there […]

Ink for cosmetic tatoos should be hypo-allergenic and made for facial tatooing.
Some cosmetologists have dabbled with cosmetic tatooing. These people, however, are usually not experienced, trained tatoo artists. Beware of the term “dermologist,” this is an illigitimate term and signifies nothing.
Carefully research your decision to get a cosmetic tatoo. Be sure that your artist is […]

Do not remove your bandage for at least two hours. This will give your body adequate time to form a protective barrier called a “Scab”.
Do not pick scabs! If you pick at your tatoo, you will tear “flesh” from your body. Inside this raw flesh, is the tatoo ink your artist just spent hours tediously […]

Your artist will ask you where you want the design and will put a stencil on the skin. If you want to make any changes now is the time to speak up.
Your artist will put on sterile gloves and open the needle package. The machine will make a buzzing noise. When the needle enters the […]

A wise person once said, “There are two kinds of people in the world … those with tatoos and those without. It doesn’t bother those of us that have them that you don’t.” When a young man returns from the service without a tatoo, his mother doesn’t cry in disbelief, “Oh son, I’m so disappointed! […]