Hi guys my first post on the forum, after doing a lot of reading about these type of tattoos the benefit seems to be quicker healing which would be great as currently
I am travelling. I have read the thread on the guy who had one at a beach side one and it never seemed to heal, which is a concern.
A couple of questions for anyone who has experience with these and kind enough to share the knowledge.
1. As the title says, can these ever be truly hygeinic?
2. Has anyone ever been to dejavu tattoo in chiang mai I have heard very good reviews about their hygeine and quality standard.
3. Would anyone specifically say it was stupid to get one while travelling due to cleanliness and humid atmosphere.
4. Can anyone recommend somewhere in Thailand if the other studio is not recommended.
Thanks in advance
Jonny
It’s never going to be aseptic like a good old Western tattoo. While Thais are notoriously clean, this practice just isn’t like it is in the West. I don’t know much about the studio and can’t recommend, but I don’t think the humidity makes it necessarily a bad idea. In terms of infection control, you’re better off using a tattoo shop that uses a gun and has more Westernized standards in Thailand – And there are plenty!
Bamboo tattoos tend not to age well and fade horribly, so unless you’re getting yak sant from a monk, I’d just get a regular tattoo with a machine in the West. No sense getting sick for a subpar tattoo.
Thanks for your replies so far. This tattoo shop is a proper shop and does gun tattoos as well as is supposed to be very hygeinic. The main reason I was interested in bamboo was the quick healing time as I will be travelling. The shop has a Facebook page with loads on and no complaints so it should be safe shouldn’t it??
Haha I understand, but if there was a major infection problem surely there would be more people speaking up about it considering the amount of people who have them done.
A quick google only results in that one guy from here who seemed to have got it
Done at a beach hut type place. I understand that the gun is ultimately cleaner but as long as the bamboo is safe and the risk is extremely low the quick healing time could outweigh the very small possible risk. Maybe I’m just trying to convince myself I’m not sure!
A quick google only results in that one guy from here who seemed to have got it
Done at a beach hut type place. I understand that the gun is ultimately cleaner but as long as the bamboo is safe and the risk is extremely low the quick healing time could outweigh the very small possible risk. Maybe I’m just trying to convince myself I’m not sure!
Looks like you made your own mind up already 🙂
Hi
There are a number of things to bear in mind before you do this.
The first is would you openly say to all your friends, lovers, family, and even strangers on a forum that you had crabs or some other delightful std?
The answer in most cases is probably no.
That is why you don’t hear the bad shit about bamboo tattoos because few ppl would want to admit they got something nasty, the tattoo was shit, or it got infected.
The quick heal is a myth, let me please repeat this – it is a myth.
I am not normally so tough on ppl but the reason for this is that if you have a tattoo done properly and it pierces the correct level of dermis layers it will be at least 2 weeks to heal so that the pigment is held in the scar pockets which forms the tattoo.
If it does not go deep enough the ink will simply drop out as your quick heal (of a few days) is merely that they have scratched the surface of the skin and so after a few weeks you have bald patches in your ink.
Tattoos are an open wound and should be treated as such.
Bamboo vs steel
To be truthful many ‘bamboo tattoos’ are not traditional bamboo splinters at all but a bamboo handle with steel pins fastened to the end. True bamboo splinters can only be used by a master artist as they splinter and would infect a wound in no time.
I do not know the shop but have seen it where they simply soak the pins in bleach and then tie them to a handle and onto the next tattoo.
No auto-clave or out of the packet disposable = no tattoo. You wouldn’t share needles from a junkie so don’t risk it from a non sterile environment.
If they have autoclaves and sterile kit all power to you.
Do they use the same pots of ink or is it fresh everytime? (again seen places dipping from one pot).
Consider you are passing through a country you may not go back to if it goes wrong.
I love tattoos and have been around the world to see them and witnessed them being done by blade bamboo and machine in all manner of conditions which makes me thankful I get my done in the west with a certificate of health on the wall, an autoclave and spore register, and sterile unbroken kit laid for me.
Take care
Matthew
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