Wear something that provides easy access to the area being tattooed while allowing for whatever level of coverage you prefer/are comfortable with. When you book your first appointment with us, we provide a detailed appointment-prep PDF, where the first page details suggestions on what to wear for possible tattoo placements. You might be lying down for a while, so dress comfy. Additionally, we highly recommend wearing black or something that you won't be upset if it ends up with a few permanent ink splatters. Tyler is quite meticulous, but there is always a risk for ink splatter during tattooing. Unsurprisingly, tattoo ink doesn't come out of fabric.

You are welcome to bring one support person along with you to your tattoo. We do have a limit of one support person per client in effort to limit distractions for your artist and due to our limited seating. We are okay with multiple support people travel with you to the island if they are just popping in and aren't sticking around for majority of the tattoo. There is a lot to do on the island!

Always follow your medical provider’s orders. If you have any of the following conditions/prescriptions, please reach out to your doctor to plan the timeline of you next tattoo. The following medications can push out ink and result in very poor healing: corticosteroids anticoagulants (blood thinners) Accutane immunosuppressants chemotherapy Conditions that can increase duration of and potentially complicate healing: diabetes pregnancy/lactation skin conditions e.g. eczema and psoriasis autoimmune conditions clotting disorders cardiovascular disease cancer When you fill out our Tattoo Consent Form, it is imperative to be honest with us about your medical history. Your information is kept confidential and secure.

There are a number of numbing creams on the market, but even the better creams, we don't typically recommend. Here are the important details to note when it comes to numbing cream: It can ONLY be used on sessions that don't involve a stencil e.g. second sessions on a piece that has already been lined on. It must be applied an hour before your session They have a tendency to irritate swell and irritate the skin, which is not a great way to start a tattoo. They almost never last more than an hour or two. And when they wear off, the pain is often even worse than usual because it starts all at once and you haven't been able to slowly build up adrenaline. With that being said, we can use lidocaine spray, upon request, free of charge. Lidocaine spray can be super helpful to take the edge off and/or help power through the last little bit of a session. The skin does have to be already open in order for it to work, as it works by getting into the small blood vessels of the skin in that area. For this reason, we typically only use it (upon request) after lining before shading or throughout shading.