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The majority of your new tattoos healing process will be done within the first two weeks. However, the skin is still working to heal and rejuvenate and you need to plan on a 4-6 weeks for your skin to be back to its previous state.

As the skin rejuvenates itself, usually about a week after the tattoo was done, the itch sets in. This is 100% normal. Good moisturizers will help immensely with this but DO NOT SCRATCH IT! If lotion isn’t helping, run it under cold water for a few moments and you should be itch free.

For tattoos in the state of Texas, the minimum age to get tattooed is 18 years old; no exceptions. A non-expired photo ID is required for all patrons. For piercings, it is 16+ with proper identification (birth certificate of the minor with both names as well as non-expired photo IDs for child and parent. These 3 forms of ID are required each time with no exceptions.

We always encourage people to book an appointment for tattoos of any size. First, this guarantees you will get in at a certain time without potentially waiting for hours. Second, it gives our artists the chance to draw your new tattoo so that it’s 100% unique to you. For smaller tattoos, if we have openings feel free to try to walk in.

We ask that if you don't think you'll be able to make your appointment, you call to reschedule at least 24-48 hours before the appointment. If you're over 15 - 30 mins late the day of your appointment without contacting the shop, we'll consider that a no-show and forfeit your deposit and time-slot.

Deposits are non-refundable but come off the total price of your tattoo when you come in for your appointment. If you no-show, your deposit and time slot are forfeited.

Make sure you are well rested, well hydrated, and have eaten recently. Aside from that, take a shower, charge your phone or tablet up to full, and don’t bring in your 50 closest friends (1-2 are fine).

It’s more important to be comfortable than to be fashionable. Looser is better than tighter, and keep in mind you want to be able to cover up certain places that might show, depending on where you're getting your tattoo.

First thing, come talk to us. The best large pieces always BEGIN with a cohesive plan, not just bits and pieces loosely tied together. We can do a sleeve or back piece with existing work in place, but it will ALWAYS look better when you come in with a plan and allow the same artist to help bring that plan to fruition for you. Along those same lines, it’s going to take multiple session and cost you $1,000 or more dollars to even come close to doing a sleeve. So plan ahead and save your money so that you can tackle these large pieces as they are investments and commitments.

You should not get tattooed when you are:

• Drunk
• High
• Pregnant
• Pre-Surgery
• Post-Surgery
• When you don’t know what you want
• When you can’t afford it
• When you’re sunburned
• When you haven’t showered
• When you have your kids with you
• If you don’t have an ID
• Being pressured into it
• When you’ve been told by us that your idea is bad

Often we will have hours of work in drawing and preparing for a tattoo before you sit down in our chair. Deposits help to ensure you make it to your appointment and that we haven’t done hours of work for nothing.

Our shop minimum is $100. You might not realize it, but we go through nearly the same amount of very expensive supplies to do a tattoo the size of a quarter as we do for a tattoo the size of a softball. Everything has to be sterilized, before and after.

Tipping is always welcome and it is customary to tip those who provide services for you.

A tattoo is probably a 3/10. The best comparison would be to getting a scratch on a sunburn or to having someone draw on you with a ball-point pen on a sunburn. It doesn’t feel good, but it’s more of an intermittent irritation than a constant pain. Remember, a tattoo has more in common with an abrasion than it does with a hypodermic needle shot from the doctor.

If tattoos are a 3/10 on a pain scale, piercings are probably 7-9/10. Piercings are far more painful than tattoos - but only for a very short period of time. This is why people pass out WAY more often with piercings than with tattoos.