Your tattooist should wear disposable rubber gloves during tattooing procedure. All items such as ointment spreaders and wiping rags should be disposable as well. The tattoo studio and tattooist's equipment and working area should be absolutely clean and sanitary.

Also make sure each customer get a fresh set of needles, and tattooist dips needle into a small cap filled with pigment from a large squeeze bottle. If needle is dipped into a large jar or bottle of pigment, you are sharing body fluids with other people who have been tattooed with that batch of pigment.

When it comes to tattoo safety, use your common sense as well:

Is tattoo studio clean?

Are tattoo supplies kept in a sterile receptacles with lids?

Does tattooist wash hands a lot?

Does tattooist use latex gloves when working on other clients? and do tattooist change gloves when they touch something else during procedure?

Take responsibility for your own health and welfare!

The tattoo pain is certainly not unbearable, here are some tips for coping with and minimizing pain:

Find a reputable tattooist that you feel comfortable with to get tattoo work done, confidence you get from a tattooist can minimize your pain to highest.

Don't show up drunk or on drugs.

Go in with some determination and accept fact that a few hours of discomfort without giving tattooist a hard time will help ensure that you get a first-rate tattoo.

If you feel you can't take pain anymore, tell your tattooist. Take a short break, or come back in a few days. Tattoos don't have to be applied all in one sitting. Break up your session if needed.

Listen to music or let your imagination go wild during procedure, a certain degree of distraction set by your self will help you put less concentration on pain.

After all, pain you experience while getting tattooed is a unique and certainly bearable pain. Take opportunity to enjoy a new and unique experience that will mark emergence of a "new you" from tattoo studio.

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