re: Tats while pregnant?

Quoting Lil' Ms. Anthropic:“ Why would they leave a sanitary environment such as their shop and do work in someone's house. That's ... [snip!] ... If you can walk from a room where food is prepared or stored such as a kitchen into any other room, it's not a proper studio.”

not true. my BIL does peircings and tattoos in his home and he has a seperate room where he does it. everything is sterile. its actually more comfortable to get tattooed in a house instead of a studio that is like an institution. idk how to explain but its just more comfortable.

Quoting Momma, V, and baby #2:“ not true. my BIL does peircings and tattoos in his home and he has a seperate room where he does it. ... [snip!] ... to get tattooed in a house instead of a studio that is like an institution. idk how to explain but its just more comfortable.”

It might be an individual state thing then. My friend bought a house to renovate into a tattoo parlor and the inspector forced him to remove cooking and food storage appliances like fridges, microwaves, ovens, etc... from the kitchen before she would approve his building.
She only let them keep a sink and the cabinets, but only if they didn't bring food in the cabinets.

Quoting Emily Z. & Ellie A.:“ No respectable tattoo artist would do a tattoo outside of their parlor either. That's illegal, as well as disgusting, it'll probably come out looking like shit too, which you would deserve.”

defiently not true. just becausea tattoo artistworks from home instead of in a shop doesnt automatically mean that your tattoo will look like shit. if you do your research and check out the tattoo artists work, you can get a good idea of what it looks like. people do not need to be ignorant. thats just annoying. dont lump all the tattoo artists together into one bunch. im sure there are people out there that do the shitiest work ever and do it from home. but thats not everyone. dont assume that because it isnt done in a shop its gonna look like crap. my BIL does it in his home and my tats dont look like crap.

its not illegal everywhere. here in minnesota is perfectly legal to tattoo and peirce from your home. the same sterilization procedures apply.

Quoting Lil' Ms. Anthropic:“ It might be an individual state thing then. My friend bought a house to renovate into a tattoo parlor ... [snip!] ... would approve his building. She only let them keep a sink and the cabinets, but only if they didn't bring food in the cabinets.”

yeah, it probably is. here in minnesota its legal to do. but i was saying "not true" to what you said about no respectable artist would peirce or tattoo from home. my BIL does and excellent job on every tat and peircing he does. and he did mine and they look great.

Quoting Momma, V, and baby #2:“ yeah, it probably is. here in minnesota its legal to do. but i was saying "not true" to what you said ... [snip!] ... or tattoo from home. my BIL does and excellent job on every tat and peircing he does. and he did mine and they look great.”

No no, not the artist having a personal studio at home thing. I was saying that leaving to an unsterile environment, such as a client's home is a bad move. Not even anything to the skill level of the artwork done.

I just know I am a clean person, but I wouldn't want an artist COMING to my home to tattoo me. I don't own an autoclave, or have biohazard bags around in my apartment for the used sharps.

Quoting Lil' Ms. Anthropic:“ No no, not the artist having a personal studio at home thing. I was saying that leaving to an unsterile ... [snip!] ... COMING to my home to tattoo me. I don't own an autoclave, or have biohazard bags around in my apartment for the used sharps.”

ah, okay, i misread your post then. im sorry.   yeah, thats stupid. i wouldnt let someone come to MY home and do a peircing or tattoo either. my house is definetly not a super-sterile environment. lol. its clean but not sterile enough for that.

Where I live any professional with a license will absolutely refuse to do a tattoo or piercing while your pregnant. Doesn't matter if you could handle them before and didn't pass out or if you're super healthy. I was trying to get my nose done back when I was three months and was turned down *sad panda*

May be different in other places but honestly I'd wait. Your skin, like everything else during pregnancy, changes and may or may not take well to the ink. I know when I got my hair dyed it took less time to process than it usually does and the colors came out a little different because I'm pregnant. Plus stretch marks can stretch the tat out before it's healed correctly so I'd wait... just my opinion though

Defintiely a big risk of infection if you get tat/pierced while prego, and YOUR body may be able to fight it off, but the baby's may not. Most artists will not do it for you while you are pregnant anyways.
I understand wanting one, I'm addicted to it myself, but its better to wait, and while you're waiting you could be designing the perfect piece to get once that baby is born (that's what I'm doing).