Why cant I drink alcohol or take drugs before I get tattooed?
Besides becoming dehydrated, alcohol will thin your blood making you bleed more than normal. It can also make you flinch or twitch. This means that your tattoo will end up looking faded and unattractive. Besides intensifying the pain, drugs, including marijuana, can have a negative reaction to the adrenaline rush and can cause respiratory and cardiac failure. None of the Chicago Tattoo Co tattoo artists will work on anyone they suspect is under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
