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Curved magnums have a slight arc to protect the skin. These are grouped in a circle or a tight cluster. Used to create bold outlines.
They are arranged in a straight row. Best used for whips, blending and shading. Round shaders. Small: Can be used for large sessions as it creates thick lines; needles could be used for shading. These are not ideal for colourpacking. Ideally 7 for medium shades. Used for shading. They are evenly aligned in a tube in a circle. Round liners and round shaders are pretty straightforward, they line and they shade. Tightly packed liners are used for making super-fine lines.
Then we get to the interesting stuff - flats, magnums and turbo needles. Flat needles shaders are arranged in a straight line and can be used to shade in geometric areas like trash-polka-style tattoos. Curved magnums achieve the same effect, but they are softer on the skin because they are rounded at the edges. Turbo needles are hollow point needles. No, this does not mean that the pins themselves are hollow, but rather that the pins are arranged in a circle, being hollow in the middle.
The centre of these needles are pulled back, so they don't penetrate the skin at all. The needle grouping causes way less trauma and holds significantly more ink than normal needle groupings, so you don't need to refill as often as usual. Textured needles are needles that have not been polished on the tapers ends.
This means that these needles hold the ink better. For example, textured magnums holds the ink especially well, as the ink can sit between the two rows of pins and also stick to the textured needle better, instead of just dripping out of the tube. You will only need these if you have a specific machine that requires them, and they will usually need to be purchased directly from the manufacturer. It will do more harm than good.
Check where the needles attach to the bar or center rod: are the needles loose? Loose needles are at risk for coming off during your session and can cause the same issues as crooked, dull groupings.
Pre-sterilized needles will be individually packed, labeled as sterile and marked with a lot number and expiration date. Keep this information for your records. Suppliers are required to keep this information on hand and should have no problem sending you a copy.
If you have tubes, do you have grips on hand? Making sure you have it all before you order will save you a lot of time and trouble. Like we explained above, different groupings have different uses. You should now feel confident that you can choose between needles and make the right decision.
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Email Us - cs SpohnGlobal. This is demo store. No orders will be fulfilled. Wet Tattoo. Menu Search Account. Compare Products. Have Questions? Our Pro Center Our Pro Center offers resources from downloads and quick references to articles and advice. Take me to the Pro Center. Inks and Iron Blog We've created a blog to help pros and aspiring professionals make the most of their careers. Take Me to the Inks and Irons Blog. Worst case concentrations of highly contaminated brown iron oxide ink [ 9 ] were calculated in the same manner calc.
Asterisks indicate significances as identified by a two-way ANOVA with a Tukeys multiple comparison test using all tattooed samples and calc. TiO 2 ink. Significant differences of pig skin tattooed with TiO 2 ink compared to calc. Nano-XRF and SEM analyses show similar metallic wear induced by TiO 2 when tattooing pig skin with rotary and coil tattoo machines and corresponding needle equipment. The TiO 2 ink showed minimal Ni and Cr background levels.
The Ti counts per cm 2 skin tattooed with TiO 2 ink were compared to those of a known amount TiO 2 ink to extrapolate the amount of ink in the skin see Additional file 1 : Figure S3. Both, concentrations of Ni and Cr were significantly higher upon tattooing see TiO 2 ink compared to the calculated values. The additional elemental load deriving from abraded steel particles was calculated by subtracting the expected element levels calc.
However, the additional Ni and Cr concentration inserted into skin by this steel wear particles is lower compared to the estimated deposition of these elements in skin upon usage of a highly contaminated brown ink cf. Iron oxide ink, Fig. We also investigated the skin section of a patient who had experienced an allergic reaction to his tattoo Fig.
T-cell infiltration was verified by immunohistochemistry Additional file 1 : Figure S4. Allergic reaction to a red-brown tattoo of a patient sensitized to nickel. In region 1, Ti and Cu are present as large particles and are likely part of a blue ink. Fe particles are much smaller and contain Ni and Cr Fig. Region 2 presents a high concentration and more uniform distribution of Fe particles, but without Cu and Ti. The intensity of Cr is lower compared to region 1 and Ni is hardly detectable.
Fe distribution is comparable to the one observed on nano-XRF maps of red iron oxide tattoo inks Additional file 1 : Figure S2. The presence of a true Fe oxide pigment as a color-giving ingredient is supported by the high Fe concentration quantified by means of ICP-MS in the allergic skin sample Additional file 1 : Table S5. In summary, the patient was tattooed with a self-mixed color deriving from two inks, which likely resulted in differing ink particle regions in the skin.
The particular presence of Fe-Cr-Ni particles in the Ti rich regions can be assigned to putative steel wear particles from the tattoo needle cf. Hence, the skin of this patient contains two kinds of potential Ni sources — steel wear particles with high Ni concentrations and Fe oxide pigments with lower concentrations of Ni. Tattoo needle wear biodistribution and supposed contribution to allergy formation.
Nickel and chromium containing wear particles are abraded by titanium dioxide containing inks. Pigments and wear particles are inserted into the dermal part of the skin. Antigen presentation to T-cells takes place in the lymph nodes as part of the adaptive immune response which is an obligatory process for sensitization and thus type IV allergy formation in the skin.
Our findings show that nano- and micrometer sized particles are abraded from tattoo needles when using TiO 2 -containing ink. These particles contain Ni and Cr and are permanently deposited in tattooed skin and are translocated to lymph nodes. Although the overall sample size was limited by the availability of specimens and the synchrotron beamtime, it is beyond doubt that the metal particles derive from the tattoo needle as result of pure mechanical stress.
The particle deposition was additionally proven in pig skin and appeared only significant upon usage of TiO 2 white ink but not with carbon black ink.
This study therefore provides the first proof that not only tattoo pigments but also abraded Fe-Cr-Ni steel particles are distributed toward the lymph nodes [ 13 , 17 , 19 ]. The tattoo reaction investigated in this article is classified as allergic type reaction. All these criteria were fulfilled with this patient. Until now, the source of Ni and Cr in metal-related tattoo allergies was thought to be primarily contaminated Fe oxide pigment which commonly contains Ni, Cr, Cu or Co, amongst other elements [ 9 ].
However, we analyzed skin tissue from a patient who suffered from a tattoo-related allergic reaction and found both Fe oxide pigments as well as abraded steel particles in the inflamed skin. As the patient was sensitized to Ni, Ni allergy has likely caused the visible tattoo reaction. Similar to tattoo allergies, the number of metal allergy-related implant complications from abraded steel particles is low in comparison to the prevalence of cutaneous metal sensitization rates towards Ni in the general population [ 26 , 27 ].
On the contrary, people with failed implants have a two to three times higher incidence of sensitization against metals. Thus, not every sensitized person will show a reaction to dermal depositions of these elements but nevertheless may be more likely to develop an adverse reaction. With the evidence provided in this study arises the question of whether metallic wear from tattoo needles may indeed, just as Fe oxide pigments, play a role in allergic tattoo reactions.
A connection between adverse tattoo effects, implant failure and also the use of TiO 2 in tattoo inks has already been reported [ 28 , 29 ].
Sensitization is also promoted by co-stimulating factors like inflammation, which may develop directly after tattooing due to the skin injury caused by the tattooing procedure or if infections occur simultaneously [ 30 ].
The impact of abraded particles from the tattoo needle and their potential role in metal-related tattoo skin allergies is yet unknown. Further investigations addressing a nickel sensitized cohort displaying tattoo allergy with and without tattoo needle wear due to TiO 2 inks compared to allergies driven by iron oxide pigments alone will be, however, limited by the availability of such samples. In summary, the fact that all pigment and wear particles are deposited in lymph nodes calls for special attention to be placed on allergy development.
Since the underlying substances causing tattoo allergies are barely known, tattoo needle wear containing chromium and nickel found in this investigation brings up a new source of sensitizers that need to be considered as additional source in allergy development. To date, neither additional nano-related effects nor a potential health impact of the utilized tattoo equipment are being considered in any tattoo legislation. Samples of tattooed skin areas and regional lymph nodes of five donors as well as skin and lymph node samples of two additional donors without any tattoos were taken postmortem at the Institute of Forensic Medicine at the Ludwig-Maximilians University of Munich court-ordered autopsies with no additional cosmetic impairment to the skin.
The experiments were performed according to the Helsinki Declaration of Hence, occupational or environmental exposure with high exposure with stainless steel or metallic particles is unknown. We selected specimens with tattoos other than black which are more likely to contain TiO 2 and organic pigments. The shave biopsy of the allergic patient was taken upon informed consent due to medical indication.
The patient was tattooed with a self-made mixture of black and red ink in one session to achieve a brown color in The patient experienced immediate discomfort with additional swelling and itching with some delay of several weeks.
After a year, the patient sought medical advice. The prescribed betamethasone cream applied twice a day only improved itching not swelling. The tattoo was removed in Tissue culture of removed skin was negative for mycobacteria. Removed tissue was received upon informed consent. Subsamples were cut using a standard scalpel and frozen in TissueTek O. Derm, Berlin, Germany with various tattoo needles cf.
Additional file 1 : Table S6 until an even color shade was achieved. Alternatively, a no-name coil tattoo machine was used. Tattooed specimens were prepared for microtome sectioning for XRF analysis as stated above. Side lengths were measured and used to calculate the surface areas of the dissected skin squares. For details see Additional file 1.
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