How to Get Tattoos and Piercing

The first thing you've got to think about when you consider getting a tattoo is that it involves someone sticking needles into you piercing. Sure, a lot of tattoo studios look pretty Goth, with black and purple paint and vampiric-looking staff, but if it's clean black and purple paint, don't let that part worry you. Choosing a tattoo artist is a serious decision, for a lot of reasons, and you should feel comfortable asking your tattoo artist about safety, cleanliness, his or her experience and anything else that is important to you. All other tools involved in the tattooing process must be either sterilized or disposable (and, of course, they must be either sterilized or disposed of after each customer). Ask the tattoo artist if his/her autoclave is FDA-regulated. Don't allow the foregoing advice to leave you with a bad impression of tattoo artists in general. Many, many tattoo artists maintain spotlessly clean and scrupulously hygienic studios.