ATTENTION SCRATCHERS!!

WE DO NOT SELL TATTOO SUPPLIES TO SCRATCHERS!

We do not provide, sell or otherwise “hook up” scratchers with tattoo supplies, aftercare, or advice on tattooing. For those of you who don’t know what a scratcher is . . . the term scratcher is used by professional tattoo artists to refer to someone who has not been professionally-trained, works out of their house and operates in an unsafe manner, putting everyone they tattoo at risk.

Scratchers are people who claim to be tattooists, but are not trained and have not had the proper education to prevent disease transmission while tattooing or knowledge of bloodborne pathogens just to name the bare minimum of requirements. Scratchers not only perpetuate the negative stereotype of tattoos and tattooing, but are also putting everyone they touch at risk for contracting diseases that can kill. Pressure cookers, rubbing alcohol and boiling water do not sterilize tattoo equipment! Professsional tattooers also don’t order their supplies from Amazon, Wal-Mart or any other random online source.

In the interest of public safety, all you scratchers out there need to stop what you’re doing and stop putting people at risk!