FAQ

The candidate for a tattoo contacts me (by email, phone, Facebook or Instagram) to talk about his project, with visuals or not.

Depending on the complexity of the project, we can directly make an appointment, or if a creative work is necessary then we make a consultation.
In this case, it is sometimes necessary to take dimensions or make an impression of the area to be tattooed.
When the drawing is done and adhered, you can schedule a date of appointment for the tattoo.
For any project deposits are required. They are deducted from the final cost of the tattoo and are retained when a drawing has been made.

The day of the tattoo session, it is recommended to come with a full stomach, body rested and clean. If you are sick it is better to postpone your appointment.
The work room and its furniture are disinfected daily and between each client. All surfaces used are covered with a protective film. The material used is sterile for single use. It is open after washing hands and wearing gloves. The skin is sanitized just before the start of the tattoo.

At the end of the session, a care sheet is given and a small explanatory is done, to know how to manage the tattoo suites. And of course I remain reachable for everything related to monitoring and healing.

It is always better to have medical advice before using anesthetic. If your doctor agrees to prescribe, and you decide to put before you come, we discharge ourselves from any problem following your choice.

Know that the cream remains effective in the short term, and may lose its effectiveness even before the act is finished, and also that no test has been made on the possible effects of the joint use of our products and of these creams. An allergic reaction is finally a possible dangerous effect.

I recommend that you avoid these creams, especially without medical advice.

No, here’s why:

A tattoo is ink trapped in the skin, and more precisely in the cells of the dermis. The younger you are, the more skin cells multiply quickly. They multiply by dividing, which means that over a certain term, the ink will gradually be diluted and dispersed in the skin. In summary, if at 16 you get a tattoo, there is a good chance that at 26, when we are still very young, you already have a 10 year old tattoo, faded, aged, discolored .. .
A tattoo is more or less visible, and even if more and more people have it, if it is democratized, there are always people who make a negative judgment about the tattoo. When young, you often don’t have a professional situation yet, and sometimes you don’t know yet what you want to do with in life … you can finally opt for a job, a job in which it will be better to do not have an apparent tattoo, but you can’t know yet. In short, it’s a shame to risk losing job opportunities because of a tattoo …
A tattoo is for life, and it is very difficult when you are young to know how you will be in twenty years, it is difficult to be sure that you will always be in the same state of mind, with the same tastes, desires, passions. In summary, we can see many things change in a life, but not the skin …

Several risks are to consider when you want a tattoo. Professionals in this business must inform their potential customers. At the same time, it seems important to indicate the measures we are taking to minimize these risks:

Contamination by blood:

AIDS and hepatitis are the most worrying viruses about this. Contamination can occur in two situations.

If the needles are reused, the blood that defiles them can be vector. We use sterile, disposable equipment. We unpack it in front of the customer and use specific biohazard containers.

If the professional pricks, his blood is on the needles. He must not reintroduce them into the client’s skin. I respect a protocol identical to that of the nursing staff, to preserve me because tattooer is the first to take the risk of contamination by biting himself. This protocol consists of the immediate cessation of the act, the use of Dakin and emergency treatment.

Infections and mycoses:

Bacteria and fungi are the agents. They are naturally present on the skin and in our environment. To limit these risks, we clean the work areas and their surfaces daily with standardized, virucidal, bactericidal and fungicidal products. We wear gloves that we put after performing a double hand washing with antiseptic soap and hydroalcoholic gel. We handle the material after putting on these gloves, and finally, we make asepsis of the skin with soap and clorhexidine lotion. Finally, we give care instructions and advice so that our clients are able to better manage their healing.

allergies:

Products are here in question. If the client is allergic to latex, clorhexidine or other substances, it is imperative to report it to me.

It is possible for anyone who wishes to do a skin test before the tattoo session to validate that the inks are not allergenic to him.

regrets:

This risk is the most important. Indeed, a choice too fast, too young or ignoring the advice of the professional can lead to regrets. The following points must be taken into account:

A tattoo is made in the skin, living support and aging. Sooner or later the tattoo changes. It tends to lose in definition and to fade a little, this because of the cell division which allows the cells of the skin to multiply.

A tattoo can be deformed and damaged by the body’s experience: growth, weight gain, pregnancy, stretch marks, scars …

A tattoo can be a drag on the professional world: although more and more accepted, some employers may consider that the tattooed candidate would not give a good image of their company.

A tattoo is made at a time of our life, but we must ask ourselves if the meaning and the motive of the chosen tattoo will continue to please us in duration, and if we will assume it fully.