Tattoo Iban Design

Fancy an Artistic Touch On Your Body? Ever wondered whether its painful or not? That's right.... Here are some photos of an Iban design being put on a willing customer. I dropped by at Ernesto of the Borneoheadhunter and saw that an 'operation tattoo' was going on. Being a blogger, I began clicking away.

Before & After on the two sides

That surrounding skin looks painfully red and angry

The instruments used looked like the dentist's wares at first but on a closer look one will notice the equipment consists of sharp ends (one has a fine tip for a sharper job while the other had a wider tip for covering a larger surface) which goes up and down in high speed depending on the amount of electricity you use. The Dettol tube comes in handy for unintentional cuts... yikes! The black bottle consist of the color dye/paint used.

Sterilizing the equipments, towels and tissues

Okay let's begin - concentrating on the outline first

So far so good

Cutting into the fine part

Blood coming out - ouch!

Sufficient lighting, good concentration and lying down very still is important

Its quite painful - the earlier job covered in tissue is still bleeding

Almost the final part - its gonna be a relieve after its done (final part in video)

Tidying up after the work

Getting the two to dry for 30 minutes each - cover with plastic

The final job is caught on video - have you got what it takes to go through this Fear Factor?