We received lots of positive feedback from our “5 Things to Think About When Considering a Tattoo” article, so we thought we’d expand the concept a little further. Hopefully you will find this helpful.
Dressing for the part
Wherever the location of your new tattoo, wear loose, adjustable clothing that allows the artist to have access to that area.
Maybe you never even stopped to consider whether tattoos might cause skin cancer, but lots of people have. Over the years, we’ve answered this questions many, many, many, many, many, many…did we mention many?…times. The accepted “word on the street” was that tattoos did not cause skin cancer.
It seems the medical community is starting to back up what those of us in the tattoo industry felt certain about for years. The folks at The San Diego Union Tribune posted an article yesterday on the subject:
http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jul/07/fact-vs-fiction/?uniontrib
Heck, if you are applying sun-screen to your tattoos like you should be, our guess is that tattooed people may actually be decreasing their chances of skin cancer.
And here your mom thought tattoos weren’t good for you.
Welcome to the Saint Sabrina’s blog. Pretty soon this page will have a whole new look and then we will get busy with blogging and the blabbing all serious-like. We hope you’ll check back regular to see what’s going on around the shop as well as what’s going on in the piercing and tattoo world in general.