Even though it’s been answered really well, i’ll add more to the answers of my experience.
My first tattoo was crazy, the tattoo artist let everyone who came with me watch so 6 people, the room was small and over crowded and the artist was more interested in talking to them while tattooing me then talking to me (2 of those people were getting piercings and then the other was my mom who got me the tattoo for my 18th birthday). Never again with that many people and I even kept asking my aunts and cousins to leave as it was too crowded and they wouldn’t and the artist didn’t make them leave. This tattoo was done in Centralia, Washington.
My second tattoo when I got it done it was a health code violation to have anyone besides the artist and the person getting tattoo’d in the room, so much more relaxed and the lady was nice, talked to me the whole time so it felt like the tattoo only took 20 minutes instead of 45 minutes. I loved this situation, but felt alone as I would of loved to have one other person there. This tattoo was done in Toronto, Canada.
My third tattoo, the artist was the one who did all of my mom’s and my aunts tattoo’s so 8 total (which I watched him do), he’s okay with you bringing 2 other people with and in the room because it’s a big room, his only thing is if they get really loud they have to leave the room and sit in the lobby and they don’t allow anyone under 18 in the parlor at all (no exceptions). This tattoo was done in Layton, Utah.
That’s my experience in 3 different places and 3 different parlors, when I get my tattoo in Chile i’ll add that experience 😀
