What steps are taken to ensure we don't endanger your health while you're in our studio getting a tattoo or piercing?

Safety is our first priority here at Hype Tattoo and Piercing Studio - our artists have many years of experience in the tattoo industry and as such they, as do we as a responsible company, understand that a sterile environment is as important as the art itself.

We are fully certified by the City Board of Health, we clean and sanitize all re-usable tools in an autoclave which uses a combination of pressure and heat to insure maximum sterilization.

We do our research, making it a point to keep abreast of the latest in sterilization techniques.

At Hype Tattoo Studio, the following measures are taken for each client:

• Tattoo tubes, and grips are cleaned using ultrasonic technology, employing both sound vibration and heat to insure sterile instrumentation.
• Sterilized instruments are rinsed and packaged in individual autoclave bags equipped with colour change indicators.
• The bags are dated, initialled and numbered.
• The bags are then autoclaved to sterilize the instruments.
• The autoclave is spore tested daily.
• The autoclave bags are not opened until it is time to tattoo.
• All dispensed items such as, inks, ink caps, ointment, etc. are single use only and disposed of after use.
• Tattoo needles are used one time only and disposed of according to Health Department regulations.
• All booths are cleaned before and after each and every tattoo with a surface disinfectant and decontaminate.
• Disposable exam gloves are worn for all tattoo work and disposed of according to Health Department regulations.

By receiving a tattoo or piercing in an unhygienic/unprofessional environment you are endangering your health and exposing yourself to serious blood-borne diseases such as Hepatitis C and HIV - wherever you choose to receive a tattoo or piercing it is up to you to respect your body enough to have it done with safety as a priority over 'getting a bargain'.