Advancements in tattooing

[JAC1961]

When most things become popular there always seems to be advancements in the technology. Companies see the opportunities and put money into R&D, even if it's not something they've done before.

It seems to me that tattooing is at what's probably the crest of its popularity and as such should be seeing some advancements. Is anyone doing this? Is there any improvements that can actually be made?

I realize it an age old tech, but just about everything can be improved.

[SStu]

Certainly are lots of "advancements" (or attempts to capitalize) in after-care lotions/ointments. 

Hard to imagine improving on the hand application process. 

[Amit Levy]

Actually I can imagine that there will be some kind of a machine in the little farther future that will inject the ink under the skin very accurately and by far faster that man's work according to the sketch was implicated into it's computer.

[Princess Sparkle Mittens]

There will likely be improvements in inks that make them less likely to migrate or fade. 

[JAC1961]

46 minutes ago, Princess Sparkle Mittens said:

There will likely be improvements in inks that make them less likely to migrate or fade. 

That's what got me thinking about the whole subject. Seems like there could be a way to do that... as long as it didn't make ink a thousand dollars a bottle.

[Princess Sparkle Mittens]

5 hours ago, JAC1961 said:

That's what got me thinking about the whole subject. Seems like there could be a way to do that... as long as it didn't make ink a thousand dollars a bottle.

I've heard a lot of people say that inks have improved a lot in the last few decades, so why not?

[Oiocha]

Rotaries are a thing now, and needle/tube combos that aren't much bigger than the end of your pinky and snap right on the end of some of the new wand style rotaries. Inks are definitely improved Eric Perfect talked about there being recipes with listerine in the ink mixture when someone first told them one of their recipes.

Edited June 29, 2019 by Oiocha