Does a tattoo gun or a shot penatrate the skin farther?
September 30th, 2008
Just curious.
First of all, it's a machine, not a gun and really the needles are like little pins - they only go to the dermal layer of the skin which is the second layer and deposit pigment along the way that is around the pins. It is designed to stay there - not be absorbed by the body.
With a shot (injection) it generally goes into the muscle which is incredibly deeper and uses an open bore needle for the purpose of sending a medication into the muscle to be easily absorbed into the body. (Of course there are intravenous needles, etc. but you did say "shot.")
December 5th, 2007 at 1:05 pm
I believe a shot does because it has to inject something beneath the skin where as a tattoo gun just wants to penetrate a few layers of skin.
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December 5th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
a shot. A shot goes either into the muscle or into the blood. a tattoo gun just goes underneath the skin.
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December 5th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
The tatoo gun only penetrates the first lay of the skin, or the epidermal leaving the pigment imbedded below. A shot penetrates through all layers of the skin, deep enough to reach the blood stream.
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December 5th, 2007 at 1:07 pm
a shot as in an injection (steroids, immunizations etc)?
The shot has to go completely into the bloodstream to get it inside your body.
The tattoo SHOULD only go to the second layer of your skin. if it goes deeper you get blowout as it spreads within the fatty layer of your skin.
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A fear of needles and a love of tattoos
December 5th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
A shot penetrates all the layers of skin going into muscle, fat, or vein depending on the medication given. A tattoo gun only penetrates the skin.
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December 5th, 2007 at 1:08 pm
a shot goes into your blood vessels..I would hate for tattoo ink to go in their too!
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December 5th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
A shot goes into the vein. A tattoo gun penetrates just a few layers of skin. Shot goes further.
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December 5th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
First of all, it's a machine, not a gun and really the needles are like little pins - they only go to the dermal layer of the skin which is the second layer and deposit pigment along the way that is around the pins. It is designed to stay there - not be absorbed by the body.
With a shot (injection) it generally goes into the muscle which is incredibly deeper and uses an open bore needle for the purpose of sending a medication into the muscle to be easily absorbed into the body. (Of course there are intravenous needles, etc. but you did say "shot.")
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December 5th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
A shot. Hands down. If a tattoo needle is going that deep… you're in serious trouble.
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December 5th, 2007 at 3:09 pm
A shot because that goes into your blood stream. A tattoo gun doesn't even penetrate the deepest layer of skin tissue.
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