Farewell to the traditional tattoo parlors that were adorned with tacky neon
signs and loud art on the front door. Say hello to Tattoo Clubs, the new
breed of tattoo parlors making their mark in Hollywood. These new studios
are hoping to break down the stigmas and taboos associated with tattooing
and tattoo artists in the past. They are chic, clean and a place of
business, and did I mention celebrities?

The Los Angeles Times said, "Fashionable salons can further help to dispel
the notion that tattoo parlors are the domain of low-rent districts."Our
goal has been, from the very beginning, to remove the stigma of what people
had thought of tattoos and tattoo artists, that they're kind of dirty, tough
guys [working on] convicts, bikers [and] military guys overseas," Bennington
says. "Our goal has always been to elevate the image of the tattoo industry
as a whole."

This particular shop in LA's trendy miracle mile is situated between a
cookware store and art gallery, part of Tinseltown's most coveted rental
areas. As tattooing gains ground and even prestige, this may call for more
tattoo removal clinics as well, because we know that increased tattooing
also turns into more people searching for removal.

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