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Vasoline is used for a few reasons during the tattoo process.
1. It reduces bleeding.
2. Reduces ink from spreading on the skin, with the vasoline it balls up so that the artist can see the stencil better.
3. Allows for easier cleaning of excess ink, so as the artist does a line the ink will ball and can be wiped off easier with out smudging the ink everywhere.
4. While working on big pieces, if an artist likes to finish off sections at a time, the artist can apply vasoline to the finished area so as to reduce the staining effect.
It is more than safe to have vasoline put on your tattoo during the process, however check that the vasoline is clean and that the artist has taken it out with a new wooden tongue depresser...this is done to avoid contamination.
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Is it good to put vasoline on a tattoo as your being tattooed?
stops it from bleeding and makes it easyer to tattoo
Is smoking weed before getting a tattoo a good idea?
Smoking marijuana before getting a tattoo should have no effect to the tattoo process. Other pain killers like Advil before a tattoo on the other hand will thin your blood and cause bleeding during the process.
What are good quotes for tattoos?
About the only tattoo that one should consider getting would be your blood type.
Does tattoo give us cancer?
Yes, tattoo's can give you cancer because of the high amount of ink you are injecting into you skin. There are many other types of diseases you can get from tattoos such as: AIDS, tetanus, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis. Though you can reduce you chance of getting such diseases by selecting a good tattoo parlor.
What is the differences between permanent tattoo and non permanent tattoo?
The permanent tattoo will stay on your body for good. While non permanent tattoo willdisapear after a while.
