<p>Has she considered an art school? (If you are going to do tattoo, might as well do it well!) </p>
<p>“AdvMom, you have my sympathies. Has d looked into the risk of contracting diseases spread through blood-borne pathogens? I’d imagine tatoo artists are at risk…”</p>
<p>I used to work for a state board of health that regulated them. As of six years ago, there wasn’t a single known and authenticated case from a licensed tattoo parlor anywhere in the United States. There might be now, but certainly not very many (and many, many fewer than among dentists.)</p>
<p>As for unregulated ones, probably about the same as for unregulated dentists. ;)</p>
<p>“And since we are on CC, we open parlors at all the major universities and call the stores “Tatoo U”. Now all I need is a venture capitalist!”</p>
<p>Training could be offered by the University of Phoenix.</p>