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Depending on the tattoo, the artist will use a liner of 1-9 small needles, and a shader of 4-14 small needles. the needles only go in through the first layer of skin, approx 1/16 - 3/32 in. As for the pain, everyone is different.
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Why does ink tattoo have to go your skin so far?
If it doesn't go deep enough into the skin then the skin could reject the ink or get infected.
Gray area around your tattoo?
Chances are they went to deep and its blowed out a bit under the skin
What kind of a magazine is Skin Deep?
Skin Deep magazine is the UK's biggest and best selling tattoo magazine. It is released every month and has interviews and features with world-famous tattooists.
Why is ink from tattoos injected into the dermis?
If you don't go that deep, the customer's skin will eventually shed the tattoo.
How can a tattoo be removed from the body?
The commonest method of tattoo removal is laser treatment. However - it can leave scars and will probably need more than one treatment depending on how deep the tattoo has penetrated the skin.
How do tattoo's stay on you?
A tattoo is series of ink-injections into the dermis, which is your middle layer of skin (the outer layer is the epidermis). It stays on because it is injected so deep- but it will fade in time and with exposure to the sun, or with laser tattoo removal.
If you get a cut on a tattoo will the tattoo still be where the cut is?
depends on how deep the cut is and if the tattoo is still fresh. if the cut is beyond the third layer of skin it is possible that a chunk of ink will disappear as well. Get it touched up after your cut is gone, if nessasary
If you get a tattoo on your back and as you grow older and bigger would it stretch?
The tattoo is on your skin. If your skin stretches, so will the tattoo.
How many layers of skin are there in the human body that are penetrated with a tattoo?
The needle of a tattoo gun injects ink about a millimeter down into the skin, which reaches the second layer, or the dermis.
Can a tattoo on the hip be damaged when skin stretches during pregnancy?
yes. The skin stretches and the ink stretches with it. After pregnancy the tattoo will apear distorted. Don't freak out though, many tattoo artists specialize in cover ups and you can have a distorted tattoo fixed up, or covered up entierly.
How many layers of skin should a tattoo go?
It should go all the way to the dermis! Which is the second layer of skin.
Is getting a tattoo harmfull to your body?
Getting too many yes it can damage your skin.
