A question about tattoo artists.

I wouldn't because like you said you don't know if they are clean or not. Even going to a tattoo shop there is always a risk but it's a lot lower then someone that doesn't work there. If he wasn't licensed but working with a licensed person in there shop and learning then maybe I would feel most comfortable. But I got mine done throw a shop just like my husband. he still needs a few touch ups on some things and that happens but these are only his first and if you have color certain colors do need more touch up then others. My husband has a blue on and it's been touched up once and he needs to get it done again. They don't want to irritate the skin and breaking to much so that is why they have to go back over and over again. But the place we go to will do it for free at least the first maybe even a second time depending on the artist that is doing it. Since I have no colored tattoo just outline I don't need touch up that often as my husband does to at least 1 of his tattoos. When he gets his new tattoo after we save up for it he is going to get his touch ups done that day too so we know it's going to take a while that day the last time he had touch up it took 3 hours but that is because he had 3 different colors and some outline and they where doing more then one tattoo.

I have a tattoo on my forearm but I do not want to keep it, I wan to remove it but I do not understand how can I do it, it is a permanent tattoo and I think need get another tatoo to hide this tattoo but I do not want to do it. i think I have only way that is surgery but it would be expensive.

Would you go to a doctor that didn't have his/her license? No! So why trust an tattoo artist that isn't licensed? If your art looks good to you, then leave it alone. If it doesn't, then go back to the original artist Or to a new Licensed artist that can either cover it up with new art or add something new , a new vision.

First of all being licensed does not mean a thing in the tattoo industry. Someone can be a very lousy tattoo artist and be licensed, or one could be great and not licensed. In this case it probably has nothing to do with the work that was done but with the ink that was used, since it has to be touched up again. However I cannot tell you for certain since I have not seen a photo of the work that is done.

yeah, i have a friend who experienced it at she got a tattoo when she's there at japan and got retouched here when she get back in the Philippines, and it's a messed although both are licensed tattoo artist, then a friend of mine initiated to do the job but he is not licensed and he did it pretty well. I think we should not look at it if it is licensed or not, it's how they do the job, safe and well finished.

I've got a tattoo that I had done a long time ago, actually while I was in infantry training over in California, and it slowly has become patchy. That will happen regardless of wether it is done by a pro or an ammature. However, not having a liscense is a bad thing. They are not held to the same sanitation or ink standards. If you get a tattoo from these people you are risking getting an illness, disease or even poisoned. Before you get a tattoo anywhere you need to make sure that the parlor and artist are liscensed and certified to do what they are doing. It also does not hurt to make sure that people recomend the place, The tattoo will be permanent so looking for a cheap one is not always the best idea.