

Rodriguez echoed Curtin's statements, citing the industry's meticulous cleaning protocol even before the coronavirus pandemic. “With that training and the way that shapes our industry, it was kind of concerning getting the feeling that we were being ignored." “Certain businesses were allowed to open earlier, but they don’t have the training that we have,” said Curtin. However, as prepared as they may be, according to Curtin, the fact that other industries were permitted to reopen before the tattoo and piercing industry was “concerning”.
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In fact, the owner of South Side Tattoo, Troy Chartier, was part of a coalition of artists in the early 2000’s that taught health inspectors how to properly inspect studios. Much of the protocol involving sanitation we’ve been doing right along.”Īccording to Curtin, all tattoo artists must renew a special license proving their knowledge of disease transmission, giving the industry a special advantage, with many shops already having at least a portion of the knowledge and equipment required for reopening. So we reduced our hours and we were wearing masks before the state mandated anything. “I saw everything coming during the onset. Phil Murphy: NJ Barbers, Salons, Spas Must Close

In fact, before the statewide shutdown of tattoo and piercing studios in March, South Side Tattoo had already reduced its client intake and began requiring masks for employees.
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A tattoo shop is the same way.”Īlongside the increasingly intimate nature of tattooing after reopening, several store owners and artists told Patch that most of the statewide reopening protocols for tattoo parlors were already practiced in New Jersey shops. When you get your hair cut, you tell your barber whatever is going on in your life at the time. “Our client’s safety and our artists’ safety are really more important than anything, and I like the way that it’s just the artist and the client because, when you get tattooed, it’s like a therapy session. “In June, everybody that comes in and gets tattooed is like, ‘we miss the therapy of getting a tattoo,’” said Rodriguez, who has been tattooing generations of clients for nearly 35 years.
