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Is The Ink Used In Tattoos Vegan?

If you are vegan or prefer to stick to a plant-based lifestyle more often than not, you might find yourself googling every ingredient in the items you use daily. So many items that seem like they would be free of animal byproducts are surprisingly not. Everything from dryer sheets and detergent to some alcohols and sodas contains animal products (via <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/things-that-are-surprisingly-not-vegan-2018-3" target="_blank">Business Insider</a>).
 
Most people assume that products like those listed above are plant-based because they do not contain meat or dairy in the obvious fashion we are used to seeing in things like a hamburger or a gallon of milk. You might be scratching your head at the thought of laundry detergent not being plant-based, but according to <a href="https://vegfaqs.com/is-laundry-detergent-vegan-avoid-brands-like-tide/" target="_blank">VegFAQS</a>, some detergents contain lard or enzymes that come from animals. Thoroughly reading the labels of products before you buy them is a must if you are living a vegan lifestyle!
 
If detergent isn't vegan, you might be wondering what else out there is seemingly vegan on the surface, but actually contains animal derived ingredients. Tattoo ink is another one of those items that should be vegan, but is it?
 
<h3>Not all tattoo ink is vegan</h3>
 
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If you are vegan and care strongly about avoiding products that contain ingredients taken from animals, you might want to do some research before <a href="https://businesson.mobi/tattoofever" target="_blank">getting your next tattoo</a>. According to <a href="https://www.vegansociety.com/resources/lifestyle/fashion/vegan-tattoos" target="_blank">The Vegan Society</a>, most tattoo inks are not vegan, as they use glycerine taken from animal fats. However, it's not just the glycerine in ink that may have animal products in them. Ink may have everything from bone char from various animals to gelatin from pig or horse hooves (via <a href="https://www.peta.org/about-peta/faq/tattoo-ink-vegan/" target="_blank">PETA</a>).
 
The good news is a lot of high-quality tattoo ink brands have made completely vegan formulas. Some of those brands include Eternal, StarBrite, SkinCandy, and Stable Color. If you are worried about getting a tattoo with ink made from animal products, call your artist and ask what ink they use.
 
You might even be able to find an all-vegan tattoo shop that makes sure everything in their shop is vegan. That means the ink, transfer paper, razors, and soaps are all made of plant-based ingredients (via <a href="https://www.veggievisa.com/vegan-tattoos-guide/" target="_blank">Veggie Visa</a>). While these specific shops might be hard to come by, they do exist!

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Is The Ink Used In Tattoos Vegan?

Nov 22, 2021

A "bad" tattoo ?

Getting a bad tat is a little like totaling your car. If it's going to cost more than the car is worth to fix it, you just end up getting another car. And no matter how good your insurance is - it's never going to turn out better. It's always going to cost you. 
 
That's why you should be very picky when it comes to what you have inked. Once it's been etched, there's no going back. Or is there? Even though it's a bit of a horror story we've all heard - get a little drunk and wake up with some new tattoo that looks like a bug on a windshield, it's not really the end of the world. 
 
Now, the skin where that tat failure sites is never going to be the way it was again more than likely. There is no magic eraser that will just wipe it away as though it were never even there, but there are somethings you can do to make it look a whole lot better. 
 
We're not even going to talk about laser removal much here because everyone already knows it is only partly effective and what you are trading is a tat for a scar. It's not a great trade-off considering the cost involved. 
<a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aglometrun-1.jpg" style="clear: right; display: block; float: right; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Tattoo artist Grisha Maslov 2010" height="450" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Aglometrun-1.jpg/300px-Aglometrun-1.jpg" style="border: medium none; font-size: 0.8em;" width="300" /></a>Image via <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aglometrun-1.jpg">Wikipedia</a> 
But there are some other options for you to consider. Now, if you go read any forum about tattoo removal you're basically getting yourself into the realm of dumb vs. dumber. So be realistic when it comes to tattoo removal. 
 
First of all, make sure you have realistic expectations. Since you can't have pristine skin again, don't think you're going to find something that will do that. There are basically two options and they both start with the same thing. 
There are products on the market out there that have been knows to do a decent job at lightening tattoos. It's going to take a while, and you may have to try a couple of things to see what works best for you, but it's the easiest way to go - and the cheapest. 
 
Everyone has very different skin. What works for one person may not work for you and it's not exactly the fault of the product, so don't cry about it if something doesn't work. Just move on to something else until you find one that does. 
 
The fading products all use about the same process - a mildly acidic formula that coaxes the ink to rise to the surface of the skin where it will be naturally flaked off as you shed cells. It's never going to get all of the ink out, but it may get light enough so that no one ever notices there was a tattoo there. That's option one. 
 
Number two is that you may take just enough time to get the tattoo light enough to be able to go over it with another one much more to your liking. Most good tattoo artists are well-versed in how to turn a bad tattoo into a better one. You might rather not have one at all, but if you can't have that, you can a least go with a good one. 
 
So don't despair, don't fret and certainly don't cry about it. Be patient and use a little of this and a little of that until <a href="http://allabouttattoo.co.cc/guide/growing-up-with-your-tattoo.php" target="_blank">you find something that works</a>. after a while you will either have a tattoo so light you can live with it, or a tattoo light enough to replace with something more like what you wanted in the first place. 
 
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