[claireandshane]

Hi!
We are travelling to Phuket for the first time and staying at the Holiday Inn at the end of October. Could anyone tell me if its safe to have tattoos done in Phuket? Can anyone recommend an artist or what cost to expect?
With Thanks
Claire

[Ping]

They have 'safe' tattoos in Edinburgh, don't they?

[claireandshane]

 Ping, on 2007-07-23 16:50:11, said:

They have 'safe' tattoos in Edinburgh, don't they?

And what is exactly is that meant to mean?

[Wellington]

 claireandshane, on 2007-07-23 16:43:09, said:

 Ping, on 2007-07-23 16:50:11, said:

They have 'safe' tattoos in Edinburgh, don't they?

And what is exactly is that meant to mean?

Do it with a felt tip
Then you won't regret it

[LivinginKata]

 claireandshane, on 2007-07-23 16:43:09, said:

 Ping, on 2007-07-23 16:50:11, said:

They have 'safe' tattoos in Edinburgh, don't they?

And what is exactly is that meant to mean?

The Edinburgh Tattoo is an annual military show/parade held on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle.

[cooL_guY_corY]

there are safe and sanitary places in phuket to have ink done. You should probably steer clear of the places that are right on the roads... theres some very high quality places and professionals there though. check out Sid Siamese Tattoos, its in soi seadragon on the right hand side about mid way in ontop of some prostitute bar. check the place out though and it will help you decide and get a picture of what you should expect as far as safety and cleanliness.

[Yahooka]

There is also a good tattoo-shop on the left side of the entry to Soi Easy in Bangla Rd. There is no problems with hygiene if you go a recomended tattoo shop....the problems with infections etc. is mostly because of that people don`t take the recomended precausions the first week after they have a tattoo made...cleaning,don`t expose it to the sun,stay out of the (dirty) water !!
The conditions for a real serious infection in LOS is unfortunately there,but with the right precautions (HYGIENE,HYGIENE,HYGIENE) a tattoo in LOS is no problem at all !!

[LivinLOS]

Echo the above that 'Em' in Siam Tattoo at the front left of Soi Easy does good work.

[sunshine4you]

Hi There,

I have had extensive work done by "An" at Siam Tattoo, on Bangla rd.. at entrance of Soi Easy. It is right below Dragon Disco..you can find him there after 3pm. He is an artist and does custom work as well as fantastic coverups. His shop is extremely clean and he is very professional. He has been my tattoo artist for years now, I wont use anyone else. Good luck and be careful, there are many in Phuket that claim to be tattoo artists. They carry around photo albums with nice pictures, but fail to mention they did not do the work. So, definately check things out before hand...

Sunshine...

[Kimera]

 claireandshane, on 2007-07-23 01:47:10, said:

Hi!
We are travelling to Phuket for the first time and staying at the Holiday Inn at the end of October. Could anyone tell me if its safe to have tattoos done in Phuket? Can anyone recommend an artist or what cost to expect?
With Thanks
Claire

The safe bit !!! is a bit like doing the lottery

This post has been edited by Kimera: 2007-07-27 03:10

[geriatrickid]

When you select a shop, please make sure the instruments in the shop are appropriately sterilized. Yea, I know, I stated the obvious. Unfortunately, I am aware of one assessment survey where it was reported that needles were reused in some cases and it was believed that the same ink source was used for multiple clients. (This gives rise to cross contamination).

You may be knowledgeable about tatooing but don't get lulled into a sense of security just because the tatooist wears gloves. Make sure that the shop disinfects with substances that have bactericidal, fungicidal, and virucidal activity. (If the shop has customers, you'll probably see them spraying after a job.) Look for an operating steam or chemical autoclave sterilizer. The study reported that a properly functioning sterilizer was not evident in several of the tatoo shops visited.

A good tatoo artist is proud of his shop and keeps it clean. Proper equipment is expensive and the decent tatoo parlours have no hesitation in pointing the equipment out.

Remember, the shops are not regulated as they are in North America or the EU. No one comes in to check for operating sterilizers or verifies that needles are used one time only. Inks are not necessarily sealed for one time use. Nor are inks subject to the same QC as they are where you come from. (Think chinese suppliers.) If in doubt, ask. A responsible tatooist won't be offended if you ask in an appropriate manner. I've gone into a few shops to see for myself and haven't seen anything too troubling.

This post has been edited by geriatrickid: 2007-07-30 00:36

[lovephuket]

 claireandshane, on 2007-07-23 14:47:10, said:

Hi!
We are travelling to Phuket for the first time and staying at the Holiday Inn at the end of October. Could anyone tell me if its safe to have tattoos done in Phuket? Can anyone recommend an artist or what cost to expect?
With Thanks
Claire

Hi Claire

We have had tattoo done in phuket for the past two year all have been great. No worries. We went to a tattoo palour in the otop market behind the holiday Inn. if you stand out the front of the market look at them on the right hand side about two lanes down there is a place called tattoo very good and cheap also there is a place called 666 tattoo studio they do great work aswell. We are going to use them next time. Theyt are in the same lane just down the back furhter. Hope this helped you .
Teresa

[Zeid]

in soi Jintana when you get in i think it is the third ship to the left this guy works a few months in thailand and then somehow spend sthe rest of the yime in sweden i guess doining tatoos there very nice guy as well. he refused to make me a payanah saying it causes death.

[SwissTony77]

Hi All,

I'm coming to Phuket in June and was looking for a Japanese style sleve, I want to contact An at Siam Tattoo, does anyone have a web address or email address in which I could contact him.
If it's breaking rules to post web address' could you please PM me.
Thanks in advance.
Tony

[ratio]

My wife and I got tattoo's from Am at Siam tattoo great work ,clean and the workmanship was flawless and the detail was impeccable.
And for the price well under half the price it would of cost us at home.
Am has a gift when coming to the art of drawing it is natural to him. Free hand is brilliant.