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Punchshark@lemmy.ca

Gotta love that folks can buy their own machines now! (lemmy.ca)

submitted 4 weeks ago by Punchshark@lemmy.ca to c/shittytattoos@lemmy.ca

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[–] glimse@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

I've done 3 tattoos with a tattoo gun made of a guitar string, eraser, and electric toothbrush.

One was a plain black ring around my friend's finger

Another was "METAL" inside another friend's lip

And the other was on my roommate's arm, a terrible drawing with an apology for the quality written under it in big letters. [ETA] I forgot about the big smiley face under the words because he thought it sounded too angry

If I wanted to doxx myself, I'd post the last one because it's very unique and hilarious.

[–] Punchshark@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

My first tattoo was done with a homemade machine. I was 15 years old. I covered it up when I was 21 and then I covered the coverup when I got my first sleeve at 26.

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Funny coming from someone with laser as their username

[–] AFreeLarryHoover@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

I’m digging the heart-butts though.

[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Tattoo machines were regulated?

[–] AndegAbid@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

They were self regulated by the tattoo industry. Shops wouldn't sell them to you online or in person without a license or a verified shop claiming you. Then, Amazon started selling cheap, Chinese knock off kits to whoever had access to a credit card.

[–] xeekei@lemm.ee 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Maybe they wanted to avoid people tattooing rose vines that look more like ballsacks on their skin.

[–] AndegAbid@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 weeks ago

This as well as the safety thing. Cross contamination is no joke! Also, a setting that isn't luring sexual assault victims to a private residence. A front facing shop lends accountability in a few fronts, like taxes and comradery between shops, too.

[–] Sturgist@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Some of my highest quality tatts were done by people who weren't certed and hadn't ever worked at a shop. If one was interested in buying a machine, and really wanted one, they were easily available and always have been.

[–] AndegAbid@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 weeks ago

If one is interested in a machine, one can be made with a radio, but that does not mean there was not a collective culture in tattoo machine selling to try to keep machines in studios.

As for quality, in my experience cleanliness and safety could not be guaranteed in a shop even with the certificates and licenses.