Please consider this before getting a tattoo!

[coley]

Hey Everyone!

I've only just started posting on this forum recently, and for all I know this topic might have been discussed before. Sorry if it has, but I didn't think it would hurt.

I have many tattoos over my body and was doing a bit of research into my next one when I stumbled across a few pages talking about vegan tattoos. I'm a little bit horrified to find out the majority of ink contains charred animal bones and at the least glycerine! :spew:

Ink does not have to show an ingredient list so I'd advise anyone thinking about it to ask a lot of questions. There are some very good vegan tattooists out there, and they generally make their own ink.

It kinda sucks that I don't eat animals, but potentially have them engraved into my flesh! I feel kinda slow that I didn't even consider tattoos to be non vegan. :cry:

[Ruin]

It's horrible isn't it :no:

I've been planning a white ink tattoo for a while now. No clue as what they put in that.

[PlaybackGuru]

Google is your friend.....
you can easily find out what inks are vegan than ask around to see who uses those inks....

[coley]

Hmmm..I'm sure they'd be able to sneak something disgusting into it. I'm lucky enough to have found a vegan tattoo joint in Melbourne. They make their own ink and suspend the dye in plant based glycerine. Look around, there would definately be somewhere.

I love white tats. They look rad :D

[KHADIJAH]

Thanks for the informatiion even tho im not getting a tatoo, this is good to know.

[Percy]

My artist uses vegan ink :D

[Wednesday_12]

I didn't even consider that Tattoos might not be vegan... hopefully the guy that I saw supplies Vegan ink as I am planning on getting another one soon.

[Susykat]

Wow, I hadn't even considered what may be lurking in the ink in my tattoos!! Really good to know this, it will be something I will be vigilant about for my next tat...

[broccolichick]

Well even the ink in pens isn't vegan, so no surprise.

[DNK]

Well even the ink in pens isn't vegan, so no surprise.What do they put in them?

Source?

[paulwalkersgirl]

It's soo frustrating. :( :( I wanna get a tattoo or 2 (:p haha) in the future...

I'm really gonna have to research what tattoo place to go to if I do get one done. :)

[mrs-s]

all my tattoos are from before i went veggie, and it does make me feel disgusted that i may have dead animals engraved in my flesh.

strange really because people assume its the design you will regret.....

i like to think of them as reminders now, and if i ever did feel the urge to slip up (hasnt happened yet) how minging i feel about the tattoos should remind me that ts not worth it. you have to try and turn a neg into a positive......