a few weeks ago i made the stupid decision of letting a friend with no tattoo experience and no apprenticeship do a tattoo on me... while he was doing the tattoo he kept dipping the needle and coming back to my skin and as he started going over the stencil, no ink was going into my skin?... its like he was just using a needle with no ink, i went to a local artist (which i know is what i should of done in the first place) and got the tattoo i wanted... im not here to get criticized for going to an unprofessional... im just curious as why the ink was not going into my skin? what was being done wrong? the machine looked to be set up right... if anyone has any idea please let me know what you think mighta been the problem... im not gonna go back there... i learned from my mistakes and will go to a professional from now on....
thanks in advance...
2007-05-29 19:23:17 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body ➔ Tattoos
ps... he didnt know what the problem was, it was a cheap kit he bought off of ebay... i have a few tattoos already so i know what tattooing feels like and it felt like it usually does... the needle could be put on backwards? i didnt know that? how can you even tell?.... thats interesting
2007-05-30 05:11:37 · update #1
Many reasons which include a clogged tube, wrong tube size, needle put in backwards.....probably a crap machine (they are NOT guns, FYI, for the other respondents) that he has no idea how to tune.
2007-05-30 01:33:22 · answer #1 · answered by tatt_bratt 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree it seems as if something was wrong with the gun, I've never had that happen and I went to an unprofessional at first as well, my tattoo sucks. Well, I'm glad you got your tattoo done right and we all make mistakes. Maybe you should ask your friend what the problem was.
2007-05-29 19:39:20 · answer #2 · answered by Mz Bree 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It sounds as if the one that did your tattoo was not cleaning his gun properly and it was clogged. This is the same as a dentist not cleaning his drill properly and giving HIV to some of his patients.
Hopefully this is not true in your case, but I would at least question them as to his last few people they attempted to tattoo.
Good luck.
2007-05-29 19:29:08 · answer #3 · answered by jandl 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
did the needle break the skin???
2007-05-29 19:28:29 · answer #4 · answered by Uncle Mike 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with the last two
2007-05-30 01:29:31 · answer #5 · answered by DENISE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
MACHINE!!!!...guns are those things that kill people
2007-05-30 22:10:08 · answer #6 · answered by Kristie G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋