While fine line tats appear to be a fun and subtle way to ink, there’s a catch: They don’t seem to always want to stick around. But, Cohn says, the tattoos she had done by artists trained in ...

I'm a tattoo artist who's seen clients make common mistakes when getting fine-line work. Go to an artist that specializes in the technique and look at how their past tattoos have healed.

Parker, who works with hand-poke tattoos, says a fine-line tattoo can take anywhere from one to four hours. So just in case it’s on the longer side, I’d download a few podcasts ahead of time.