What Exactly Does Tattoo Machine Do to My Skin?

Tattooing will never be as fast as it is without tattoo machines. Modern tattoo machines utilize electromagnetic coils that alternately move the needle up and down which drives the pigment into the skin. Most tattoo artists commonly refer to these devices as "machines" or at times, "irons". Later, patented tubes and needle systems were made available as an ink reservoir.

A tattoo gun is made up of a needle, a motor, and a tube for its ink. The long needle which holds the ink has a tube attached into it. Two types of needles can be seen in a tattoo machine. The needle when moving upward near the tube enables it to pick ink. When ink runs out, it is loaded by simply placing the needle's tip into an ink well following the tapping of the pedal to release ink.

Tattoo Machine and Tattoo Technique

How Tattoo Machine works and what Tattoo Techniques are used by tattooist? Most people think tattoo machines just like sewing machines - rotating needles up and down with hollow needles, but it is not true.

Actually, tattoo machine is essentially an electromagnet powered by a variable power supply. As the needles pierce the skin, the colored pigments are injected under the skin, between the permanent bottom layer and the surface layer which is constantly dying off and being replaced by fresh skin cells.

The tattooing technique of placing the pigment at the right depth is very important to the quality of the tattoo. If the needles penetratetoo deeply, the pigment will mix with body fluid and cause the color to spread.