Homemade Tattoos - A Recipe for Tattoo Regret

A Recipe for Disaster an Outcome of Tattoo Regret: 

So we’ve probably all wondered how one makes a homemade tattoo.  We’ve seen many people wearing these less than attractive tattoo designs on their arms and legs.  Known for looking homemade, India Ink tattoos, are closer to the skin’s surface than most tattoos, because they are one, done by individuals and not professional tattoo artists but, two, they are not made of the same ink pigments as professional tattoos and therefore do not hold the same brightness as other ink pigments.  So exactly how does one make a homemade tattoo?  The ingredients and directions are listed below, but just to fair warn you, this is exactly how you can send yourself into a spiraling frenzy of tattoo regret.   

Homemade Tattoo

Ingredients:

1 Bottle India Ink (black liquid acrylic)

1 Razor

1 Thin Tipped Marker

1 Medium Size Cooking Pot

1 Roll of Paper Towels

1 Sewing Needle

1 #2 Pencil

1 Spool of Thread

6 Cups of Water

2 Gloves (optional)

Directions:

First turn your stove top burner to high and bring water to a boil. Once the water is boiling, dip the sewing needle into the boiling water for fifteen minutes; this will sterilize the needle. Once sterile, remove needle and place on a clean paper towel for thirty seconds to let it cool.

With your thumb and index fingers, take the sterilized needle and place it alongside the eraser of the number two pencil. The tip of the needle should protrude a ½ inch further than the top of the pencil eraser.  The needle should not be placed in the center of the eraser. The sharp side of the needle should be facing up.

Wrap the thread tightly around the erasing end of the pencil where the needle is touching.  Wrap it several times to hold the pencil and the needle tightly together. The pencil acts as a handle for the tattoo artist.

Once the needle and the pencil have been tightly fastened together with several layers of thread, carefully wrap the thread around the protruding ½ inch tip of the needle two times leaving the last 1/16th of an inch exposed. Tie the thread off and make a knot to ensure it does not unravel.

You’ll want to burn the 1/16th of an inch exposed portion of the needle with the flame of a lighter, for thirty seconds to a minute, for sanitation. Place on clean paper towel.

Next you’ll want to take the razor and shave any body hair from the surface of the intended tattoo area; then using a thinly tipped marker, draw tattoo design onto skin.

Open the bottle of India Ink and dip the ½ inch tip of the needle into it for ten seconds, or until the thread has absorbed the ink. Do not leave needle tip submerged in ink for too long, as you do not want excessive dripping.

Holding the middle of the pencil, using it as a handle, begin pricking the surface of the skin with the top of 1/16th of an inch of the needle which is exposed and not wrapped with thread. It is necessary to puncture the skin but not unnecessarily deep.

Be sure to wipe away excess ink as needed with clean paper towels.   Now cross your fingers and pray as you look down at what you have just done to yourself.  You have given yourself a means of tattoo regret.  It may look good for the next day or so, or even the next couple of months, but keep in mind that years from now, this tattoo will be slightly faded and a pure reminder of your younger, less thoughtful days.   

Tattoo Removal Reality only advocates professional, hygienic, tattooing methods and in no way promoting homemade tattoos. This fictional "Recipe for Disaster" is intended for educational purposes only. Tattoo Removal Reality is not responsible for the misuse of this information. This is not to be used by children under the ages of 18 without the consent of a legal parent or guardian.