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I can tell this is written by someone who has never had a tattoo done. If you go to a REPUTABLE artist (not some "kitchen scratcher"), you would know that they cover the guns with plastic and tape (at least mine does) that gets changed and thrown away after EVERY tattoo. Even if I were to get two tattoos done on the same day, one right after the other, my artist would change EVERYTHING. Needles are single use, no need to worry about re-using needles. Everything that could come into contact with blood is covered with plastic wrap and discarded as soon as he is done. He wears gloves that he changes multiple times during the process. He also wears disposable aprons when he tattoos. Everything that is reusable is auto-claved at the end of the day or before he begins the next day.
Also, just because I have tattoos does NOT mean I am a risk-taker. I am about the most careful and paranoid you will meet. For me, my tattoos are a way for me to always have things with me that mean the most to me. My kids, my football teams, my favorite characters. Yes, it may seem dumb to you and others, but again, it is MY body and no one has the right to judge me based on what I look like. I don't do it to people and don't appreciate it being done to me.
