Tattoo Booking

A couple important skin notes for booking :

Moisturize your skin in the week leading up to your tattoo! Dry skin is harder to tattoo and will compromise the quality of the piece.

Skin must be in its usual condition to be tattooed. It cannot be sunburned, scratched, or otherwise healing where the tattoo will be going. Scars must be healed 18+ months before being tattooed over, as the skin is still changing and healing before this time (and possibly longer). Scars often become raised during the tattoo process, and may be more painful to tattoo over.

I am happy to tattoo you if you experience chronic skin issues such as eczema, acne, or psoriasis. Just know that the tattoo may not heal perfectly depending on how your skin behaves in the area the tattoo goes! Psoriasis can also be activated by the tattoo process and flare up. 

Your comfort and agency is my priority!

I will always strive to check in before touching you, when resting my arm on your body, or before moving your body if I need to adjust your positioning while I work.

If the session is causing you too much pain, you are always welcome to take a break or to do your tattoo in multiple sessions. I also have a mid-session numbing spray available for use, but note that it only works when the skin is open and it will remove my stencil, so it is generally only used after I finish the outline.

I am a big advocate for clients pre-numbing beforehand using a product like Zensa, but I do not offer pre-numbing at the studio.

I have nipple covers, medical tape, and dental bibs so that you are only exposed as much as is comfortable to you. Wear clothes that easily allow access to the area being tattooed and which you don’t mind getting stained with ink. Mirrored or centered pieces on torsos are sometimes best placed with more of your body visible, so that they are aligned with centered body structures like collar bones, belly buttons, hips, etc. I will never require you to undress beyond your comfort, but may ask to briefly see where covered body parts are, or ask you to check yourself, or have you remove more clothing just for the stenciling step, before covering back up.

I know that having to maintain conversation with a stranger for an extended time can be a stress inducing part of getting tattooed, I am happy to work in silence and will have music playing in the background.