#esp because i have been tattooed by a shitty tattooer and it sucks ASS

[hammity-hammer]

i am just saying,,,,, if you don't already know this--- you can back out of getting a piercing/tattoo AT ANY MOMENT! if the piercer/artist has the needle ready & is about to fucking stab you and you realize you don't actually want whatever they're doing-- you can say NO. you can tell them that actually, you don't feel comfortable or you just realized this would be a semipermanent decision that you're not ready for-- or honestly just no! and that's okay! if your piercer/artist makes you uncomfortable for any reason, just leave! it's absolutely okay to advocate for yourself & you shouldn't suffer/get a bad piece of work/bad piercing done because you didn't know you could say no

half of the time they'll just forget you even existed and it's fine!!!

and you don't have to be sad about a shitty thing on your you, or because you let someone that made you uncomfy do something to you!

this is inspired by the many a times clients will tell me they feel super comfortable with me & that other piercers in the past have made them feel yucky & done shotty work because they didn't speak up/know that they could have an opinion on what was going to be put in/on them. i just pierced a client whose original nostril piecing had a fucked angle, and she wanted to get a second so i had to adjust my angle to be "shitty" (i didn't rly adjust and it looks so nice) and she almost backed out because she wasn't sure, but she said i was so nice & comfortable that she was okay with doing it! it really makes a difference on your experiences when you go to people who feel warm & nice & like they know what the fuck they're talking about-- and it's okay to be picky ab who's forever maiming you! i do not mean to gloat but i have clients like every other piercing tell me that they've contemplated getting things & backed out multiple times before they even could get marked because the piercer made them feel uncomfortable-- and that i made them feel confident in my abilities- and it makes me almost cry every time it happens and i think will always make me almost cry because that's like, the highest compliment i could get EVER.

your body is your body and you should only let people that make you feel comfortable, confident, and sexy as fuck consensually maim it!