How Do Inkbox Tattoos Really Work?
Microgen/Shutterstock By Sophie McEvoy/Feb. 2, 2022 9:27 am EST
The process of deciding what tattoo you want can be hard in numerous ways, not least how it will actually look once its inked on your skin. Even when you’re at the appointment and you have the transfer lines ready and waiting to be inked, you still won’t get a glimpse of the final product other than the size and position of the piece.
But thanks to the rise in semi-permeant tattoos, you can now test out potential designs to see how they look on your skin before committing to the real thing. One tattoo studio in Brooklyn – Ephemeral – specialises in semi-permeant tattoos where a specially formulated ink is deposited into the skin like a real tattoo. But as its formula consists of “medical-grade bioabsorbable and biocompatible polymers” and “high-quality pigments” per Allure, the ink eventually breaks down to the point where it disappears. If you don’t want to go down the route of actually having ink deposited with a needle, there’s another way that calls back to the days of childhood temporary tattoos.
How Do Inkbox Tattoos Really Work?
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By Sophie McEvoy/Feb. 2, 2022 9:27 am EST
The process of deciding what tattoo you want can be hard in numerous ways, not least how it will actually look once its inked on your skin. Even when you’re at the appointment and you have the transfer lines ready and waiting to be inked, you still won’t get a glimpse of the final product other than the size and position of the piece.
But thanks to the rise in semi-permeant tattoos, you can now test out potential designs to see how they look on your skin before committing to the real thing. One tattoo studio in Brooklyn – Ephemeral – specialises in semi-permeant tattoos where a specially formulated ink is deposited into the skin like a real tattoo. But as its formula consists of “medical-grade bioabsorbable and biocompatible polymers” and “high-quality pigments” per Allure, the ink eventually breaks down to the point where it disappears. If you don’t want to go down the route of actually having ink deposited with a needle, there’s another way that calls back to the days of childhood temporary tattoos.
But thanks to the rise in semi-permeant tattoos, you can now test out potential designs to see how they look on your skin before committing to the real thing. One tattoo studio in Brooklyn – Ephemeral – specialises in semi-permeant tattoos where a specially formulated ink is deposited into the skin like a real tattoo. But as its formula consists of “medical-grade bioabsorbable and biocompatible polymers” and “high-quality pigments” per Allure, the ink eventually breaks down to the point where it disappears.
If you don’t want to go down the route of actually having ink deposited with a needle, there’s another way that calls back to the days of childhood temporary tattoos.
Inkbox tattoos are designed to generally fade over time
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