Best Laser Tattoo Removal in RI…

Can be found at Inflicting Ink Tattoo Studio in Portsmouth RI. Whether you have a bad tattoo that you want removed, or a fading tattoo that you want to eliminate for some fresh real estate, our state of the art Quanta Q-Plus laser system can provide you with the most advanced laser tattoo removal available today.

Inflicting Ink owner Jeff Goyette is so knowledgeable and experienced with laser tattoo removal and the Q-Plus that he is consistently asked to instruct medical professionals through Tufts University in the proper care and use of the Quanta laser.

Do yourself a favor and have that ink that you’ve been meaning to get rid of taken care of once and for all. The Q-Plus is the only full-spectrum laser removal system of its kind on the market today and can handle blue, green, red, and any other color necessary.

If you’ve had trouble getting your tattoos removed in the past, give Inflicting Ink a try.
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Inflicting Ink is a Rhode Island Tattoo Studio that embodies quality, consistency and pride, and offers a sterile, safe, comfortable, artistic environment to its customers.  Nominated multiple times for the Best Tattoo Parlor in Rhode Island and Best Tattoo Artist in RI.

You may contact them for an appointment for a tattoo at (401) 683-5680 and of course walk-ins are always welcome.

For more information, please visit our home page at www.inflictinginktattoo.com.

Tattoos More Accepted By Many

Tattoos: a step towards social freedom

April 26, 2012
Aaron Stuckel

I’ve been pondering the possibility of getting a tattoo recently. But, in doing so, I’ve had to consider the troubled history of those who’ve gone under the needle.

People have been permanently decorating their bodies longer than Christianity has been around. It was often used as a means of therapy for arthritis, or a sign of loyalty to the gods or country.

More recently, tattoos have been associated with criminals. Gangs have long used tattoos as a way to identify themselves to one another, while many convicts have tattooed themselves as a certain type of badge of honour.

It seems to me though, that ten years ago, tattoos were not as socially acceptable as they are now.
Even many professionals today now go to their daily meetings with ink up their arms.
But what has caused this change?

Well, personally I think there has been a shift in our culture that has allowed people to express themselves without fear of being judged. The constant hunt for political correctness and objectivity in the hiring process has changed the way employers react to a little bit of ink on the wrists of job-hunting hopefuls.

I asked my own employer if she would change her opinion on a prospective employee if they had tattoos. Though she said someone with facial ink would probably change her perspective (have you seen Mike Tyson lately?), she said it’s unlikely that some modest colourings would alter their chances at a job.

But something else in her answer struck me as an important factor. She said she often doesn’t see her prospective employees because so much of the hiring process is now done online.

It’s hard not to notice the affects that the advent of the Internet have had on our world. But besides the looming elimination of paper and the ease of which we can now communicate with each other, there is anonymity in the virtual world that allows people to freely express themselves. And we can do that without others judging those expressions based on physical appearance.

Somehow this attitude seems to have seeped into the physical world. Though racism and bullying are still big problems in our society, I think we as a society have moved in the right direction in the sense that more and more of us base our opinions on others on how they treat us, and not how they look.
In many ways, tattoos are the most personal form of art. They likely have some meaning to those who wear them and are their forever. They become as much part of the person as their fingers and toes.

The fact that they are more accepted socially now than ever before tells me that we can and will end bigger problems like racism and bullying.

I will most definitely be getting a tattoo, if not just to express myself, than at least to stand up and say that if you can accept my tattoo, than you can accept anyone.

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Inflicting Ink is a Rhode Island Tattoo Studio that embodies quality, consistency and pride, and offers a sterile, safe, comfortable, artistic environment to its customers.  Nominated multiple times for the Best Tattoo Parlor in Rhode Island and Best Tattoo Artist in RI.

You may contact them for an appointment for a tattoo at (401) 683-5680 and of course walk-ins are always welcome.

For more information, please visit our home page at www.inflictinginktattoo.com.

How to Have a Tattoo Removed Safely

In the realm of tattoo regret, few things are more troubling than wanting to be rid of a tattoo and not having the money to pay for proper laser tattoo removal. The temptation to spend what little money you do have on worthless removal creams or use some barbaric removal method that will definitely leave you scarred or perhaps worse infected, should be avoided at all costs.

Realize that there are countless procedures that will remove your tattoo in a safe, sterile environment, but only one place that will allow you to make payments that you can afford on your laser tattoo removal.

Inflicting Ink Tattoo offers the highest quality laser tattoo removal yet available in the tattoo community. Using the Quanta Q-Plus laser and featuring a spectrum only used by the Quanta Q-Plus that will remove even dark pigments, Inflicting Ink Tattoo artists and laser removal specialists are able to safely and affordably remove your unwanted tattoo.

Whether you've exhausted all of your options, or have only just begun your research into tattoo removal, you owe it to yourself to visit Inflicting Ink and get an estimate for your laser removal treatments with the Q-Plus today.

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Inflicting Ink is a Rhode Island Tattoo Studio that embodies quality, consistency and pride, and offers a sterile, safe, comfortable, artistic environment to its customers.  Nominated multiple times for the Best Tattoo Parlor in Rhode Island and Best Tattoo Artist in RI.

You may contact them for an appointment for a tattoo at (401) 683-5680 and of course walk-ins are always welcome.

For more information, please visit our home page at www.inflictinginktattoo.com.

Tattoos Protected by the U.S. Constitution and Supreme Court

This debate is rather important to us as tattoo artists. We're happy to see that the Supreme Court is upholding the First and Fourteenth Amendment rights on this matter and can only hope that it is definitely a sign of improvement overall in the views held regarding tattooing as a form of art.

Tattoos are “pure speech” & protected under the Constitution

In November, 2011, an Arizona appellate court declared that “a tattoo, the act of tattooing, and the business of tattooing constitute pure speech entitled to the highest level of protection under our state and federal constitutions.”
The issue came before the court when Ryan and Laetitia Coleman applied to the City of Mesa, Arizona for a business permit to open a tattoo shop. They considered themselves “body artists” and owned a similar business (Angel Tattoo) in Nice, France. The City required tattoo parlors, body piercing and pawn shops to be licensed. The City Council voted against the Colemans explaining it wasn’t appropriate for the neighborhood. No evidence was presented regarding adverse effects to local residences or businesses. Opponents merely speculated that the tattoo shop might have a negative impact on the area.
The Colemans filed a lawsuit alleging a violation of their free speech and a denial of their equal protection rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments. They pointed out that Arizona’s constitution guaranteed that “every person may freely speak, write or publish on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right.” Furthermore, the U.S. Constitution prohibits the government from “abridging the freedom of speech or of the press.” Their equal protection claim was based on the fact that other businesses in Mesa were treated differently in the licensing process.
The trial court ruled in favor of the City of Mesa and the Colemans appealed to a higher court. On November 3, 2011, the Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that “tattooing is purely an expressive activity entitled to fullest protection afforded by the First Amendment.” The court ruled that a tattoo conveys a message and, as such, is protected speech. Reasonable government restrictions may be imposed regarding time, place and manner of conducting a business.
Judge Ann Scott Timmer wrote the opinion outlining a brief history of First Amendment protections and the difference between “pure speech” and “symbolic conduct.” Speech that is written or spoken such as a newspaper ad, a verbal comment at a public rally, poetry, a painting, stained glass window, radio, TV, music and live entertainment are examples of pure speech. Expressive or symbolic speech includes voting, wearing a black armband to school, marching and picketing on a public street. Unprotected speech are those expressions that consist of “fighting words,” obscenity, words that incite violence or defame another person. Each of these examples has been litigated in the courts and are cited in Timmer’s opinion (see link below). If you are researching the First Amendment for a paper or presentation at school, this opinion is a good start.

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Inflicting Ink is a Rhode Island Tattoo Studio that embodies quality, consistency and pride, and offers a sterile, safe, comfortable, artistic environment to its customers.  Nominated multiple times for the Best Tattoo Parlor in Rhode Island and Best Tattoo Artist in RI.

You may contact them for an appointment for a tattoo at (401) 683-5680 and of course walk-ins are always welcome.

For more information, please visit our home page at www.inflictinginktattoo.com.

Laser Tattoo Removal–3 Things You Need to Know

There is a great deal of myth surrounding tattoo removal. Too many would have you believe that you can rid yourself of an unwanted tattoo permanently with the use of a simple cream or cover-up, when that is simply not the case unless you would like to use the product day after day, year after year as a means to cover, rather than remove, the tattoo. The expense of these kinds of things can pile up faster than you know, when for a simple one time charge, you can be rid of tattoo regret for life.

Like anything you do involving your body, you need to do a bit of research and consider the facts before you proceed.

 Here are a few quick ones to get you moving in the right direction:

1. There is some discomfort depending upon how dark the colors of the tattoo are, how many treatments are required, and your level of pain tolerance; which is very different for all of us.

2. You can remove dark tattoos just as easily as light ones. With the laser technology we have available in our tattoo studio from the Quanta Q Plus C and T laser system, we can remove black, blue, purple, yellow, green and red tattoo pigments safely, easily, and effectively. And, because the Q Plus uses short pulses of highly focused energy, heating up only the ink and breaking it down into particles that the body naturally releases, there is minimal to zero damage to the skin from the process. Laser tattoo removal is the single most effective method of removing unwanted tattoos.

3. You can afford laser tattoo removal treatments. If you can afford to get a tattoo, you can afford to have it removed. Prices are typically comparable to how much it cost to get your tattoo, and payment plans are always available. Keeping in mind that tattoo removal is a process, you can pay for each session as you go. This is recommended anyway as you will need time to heal and release the layers of ink between each treatment prior to moving on for another one.

If you are interested in laser tattoo removal, contact Jeff at Inflicting Ink (401) 683-5680, or by email at info@InflictingInkTattoo.com, for a consultation or more information.

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Inflicting Ink is a Rhode Island Tattoo Studio that embodies quality, consistency and pride, and offers a sterile, safe, comfortable, artistic environment to its customers.  Nominated multiple times for the Best Tattoo Parlor in Rhode Island and Best Tattoo Artist in RI.

You may contact them for an appointment for a tattoo at (401) 683-5680 and of course walk-ins are always welcome.

For more information, please visit our home page at www.inflictinginktattoo.com.

Need a Christmas Gift Idea for Loved Ones?

We all know how tough it can be to pick gifts for those people who 'have it all'. At Inflicting Ink you can make Christmas shopping effortless by getting gift certificates for all the tattoo enthusiasts on your list and let them decide what they want to use it for.

A tattoo gift certificate is the perfect way to give a personal gift that you know won't get returned.

Stop in to Inflicting Ink Tattoo Studio in Portsmouth RI and grab a gift certificate for a tattoo, body piercing, or laser tattoo removal. We're here Monday through Saturday 12PM to 10PM, and Sunday 12PM to 8PM.

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Inflicting Ink is a Rhode Island Tattoo Studio that embodies quality, consistency and pride, and offers a sterile, safe, comfortable, artistic environment to its customers.  Nominated multiple times for the Best Tattoo Parlor in Rhode Island and Best Tattoo Artist in RI.

You may contact them for an appointment for a tattoo at (401) 683-5680 and of course walk-ins are always welcome.

For more information, please visit our home page at www.inflictinginktattoo.com.

Tattoo Artist Gives Confidence to Breast Cancer Patients

Inflicting Ink is an avid supporter of breast cancer fundraising and research efforts whenever possible. And while we do not do surgical tattoos, we do offer beautiful cosmetic tattoos and laser tattoo removal.

Tattoo artist helps women regain confidence after breast surgery with her artwork

By Kate Elizabeth Queram

After 16 years as a tattoo artist, Sarah Peacock has an extensive portfolio of the art she's immortalized on people's skin.

But some of her most meaningful works aren't found among the pages of portraits in her collection. They can be seen only on the chests of breast cancer survivors.

For about three years, Peacock, co-owner of Artfuel Inc. tattoo parlor in Wilmington, has been tattooing nipples for survivors who have undergone breast-reconstruction surgery.

Sometimes, her customers have had their nipples reconstructed by a plastic surgeon; other times, she's tattooing directly on the breast itself. In both cases, Peacock uses around nine shades of ink to realistically shade and tint the flesh to perfectly mirror what each woman's nipples looked like prior to her mastectomy.

"I tattoo tonally," said Peacock, who works from the "before" photos taken by her customers' plastic surgeons. "I use as many colors as it takes."

Nipple reconstruction is the final step in the breast-rebuilding process, meaning that for Peacock's customers, the trip to the tattoo parlor is the last phase of a long and painful cosmetic process.
But the result, they say, is worth it.

"Before I had the nipples done, it was literally two mounds sitting there and it did not look normal. It did not look real," said Susie Cox-Parker, 47, tattooed by Peacock after her double mastectomy in 2008. "I was like, ‘No, I'm too young, I'm not supposed to look like this, and I want to be as real and normal-looking as possible.'

"It made a big difference to me."

Read more HERE

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Inflicting Ink is a Rhode Island Tattoo Studio that embodies quality, consistency and pride, and offers a sterile, safe, comfortable, artistic environment to its customers.  Nominated multiple times for the Best Tattoo Parlor in Rhode Island and Best Tattoo Artist in RI.

You may contact them for an appointment for a tattoo at (401) 683-5680 and of course walk-ins are always welcome.

For more information, please visit our home page at www.inflictinginktattoo.com.