How deep should the tattoo needle go into the skin in mm?

Answer 1

There are three layers of skin, the Epidermis, Dermis, and Hypodermis. The needles penetrate the dermis, which is fairly permanent. Since the epidermis is constantly replenishing itself with new skin cells, they have to go deeper.
At most 1/16". They are trying to implant the ink in the dermis, so the stroke needs to be long enough to penetrate the epidermis. But at the same time, they don't want to go through the dermis because that will cause more trauma than necessary.

Answer 2

You have seven layers of skin, and you want to go about half of that depth for your best result. You are injecting the pigment into the dermis layer. Going too deep will result in blown and blurry lines and going too shallow will guarantee that the pigment over time will be broken down much quicker than it should be and the tattoo will fade much quicker. Also, when tattoos are done too shallow, a lot of the pigment will "fall out" during the healing.

Answer 3

No is the short answer but i will elaborate a little. first of all the tatttoo needles are not long enough to cause any massive damage, obviously you are going t be scarred by the tattoo anyway. as you know tattoos fade over time so the deeper you tattoo the longer the tat will keep the colour. tattoo artists use a technique for shading which is simply the deeper you tat the more vibrant the colour and the shallower you tat the more faded the colour. and one last note the deeper you tat the higher the level of pain which is why it hurts more when the artist is shading.

Answer 4

there isn't a distinct measurement to how deep the needles should pass into the skin, but you should be working from the tip of needles, if your not deep enough, after wiping it will look like you have only scratched the skin with gray ink, you need to go a tiny bit deeper. the setup of your needles in the machine might make it easier. with the armature bar in its resting position only the very point of the needle should be visible, were talking the tiniest glint. when you push the armature bar down to protrude the needle it should move out about 3cm of needle, the machine tip should not be near touching the skin.

that's the best i can explain in words, practise makes perfect though.

Answer 5

I go about 1/16th to 3/32 of an inch,if you go any deeper you will cause severe scar tissue and a whole lot of pain to your customer!

Answer 6

around 2 mm flip a dime on it's side and set the depth of your needle to about that hope this helps

Answer 7

It sticks out farther than the great wall of Japan!!!!!

Answer 8

a raised scar, ink fading bunch of stuff

Answer 9

VERY.