This is a helpful list to consider before stick and poke tattooing...

What NOT to do when tattooing yourself.

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1. Just start poking without sanitizing the area. Maybe you could host some friendly flesh eating bacteria?

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. Use any ink laying around the house (the worst: pen ink and printer ink). Maybe you could just inject some toxic chemicals  directly into your bloodstream?

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3. Share ink or needle with a friend. Maybe you could be a test subject for the new HIV Vaccine?

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4. Be drunk or under the influence of a state altering drug. Maybe you could give yourself a permanent reminder of the night you discovered your affinity  for Moscow Mules?

bad tattoobad penis tattoo

 

 

 

 

 

 

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5. Buy a tattoo machine to try out at home. Maybe you could fuck up real big, instead of a little big?

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6. Use a dirty sewing needle. Maybe you can test your childhood tetanus shot's effectiveness?

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The better choice? Get one of these gizmos:  Stick and Poke Tattoo kit