Proffessional vs at home body modification

So, I believe that there is nothing wrong with doing your own, body modification, as long as its not to the extremes. I am a " scratcher" and that merely because it cost me like 45 bucks to get a tattoo kit with all the ink and medical supplies, and ect. while at a tattoo parlor its a minimum of 50. No I'm not doing anything big or extravagant, I"ll leave that to the professionals, or my eyebrow piercing done with a safety pin ( clean) and it turned out great, and I did it for free, while at a shop it would have cost me 60 bucks, which is just ridiculous to me, but if I wanted to get my septum pierced I would probably rather go to a professional. But I do think its ridiculous to trash on those who do it at home.

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Permalink Reply by Brad on August 7, 2011 at 1:20am

That was my at home tattoo. It cost me a case of beer, of which I got to drink some. I'm not really all for doing tattoos at home though. It just seems like a little more sanitary environment in a shop than on my couch. That, and while it's not THAT noticeable, the anchor and heart do not line up. I actually have two on my arm that turned out FAR worse than this one, and that's the main reason why I go to shops now.

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Permalink Reply by Hell Betty on August 7, 2011 at 11:30am

well, I do keep my station at home sanitary, not to the OCD standards, but really you'll be fine, and I"ve seen plenty of professionals fuck up on tattoo's when it comes down to alignment and so forth

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Permalink Reply by chris (scum) gibson on August 7, 2011 at 1:23pm

tattoos are too pricey i did this on my girl the other day and all i make people pay is ink, needles and have them tip me in beer and whatever other tip they wanna leave is fine but then again i do it purely out of art and love doing it : )

apparently i don't know how to put a pic on my comment it just says its an attachment but ya

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