Editorial Policy
How TatSeek guides are researched, written, checked and kept up to date — and what they will never do.
Who writes the guides
Guides are written by the TatSeek editorial team. They draw on our own catalogue — thousands of tagged photos of real work and the published prices of the studios listed here — on what studios and artists tell us, and on established aftercare and safety guidance. Where a guide gives numbers, they come from our data or from a named, checkable source.
Our standards
- Useful first. A guide exists to help someone make a decision about a real tattoo — a style, a placement, a budget, a studio — not to fill a keyword.
- Real examples. Illustrations are live cards from the catalogue, each credited to the artist and studio who made the work. We do not use stock photos or AI images of tattoos.
- Honest about limits. Prices are ranges, pain is personal, healing varies. We say so instead of promising precision we cannot give.
- Health information is general. Aftercare and healing guides describe common, widely recommended practice. They are not medical advice — your artist’s instructions come first, and signs of infection or an allergic reaction are a reason to see a doctor.
- Independent. No studio, artist or brand pays to be mentioned or featured in a guide. The studios and artists shown are chosen by the filter behind each example block, not by payment.
Health and safety information
Guides that touch on healing, skin reactions, medical conditions, medication or long-term skin changes follow stricter rules:
- Specialists first. Where possible we quote dermatologists who run tattoo clinics and publish on tattoo complications — word for word, with a link to the paper and to their profile. We state their role on multi-author papers and flag industry-funded studies. They have not reviewed our pages.
- Then institutions. Public-health agencies (FDA, CDC, NIH), dermatology societies (American Academy of Dermatology, British Association of Dermatologists), peer-reviewed studies, and major clinics with medical editorial teams (Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic). Tattoo-shop blogs, forums and product makers are never used as a source of health facts.
- Careful wording. An association is not a cause, and we say which one a study shows. When good sources disagree, we say so and give the safest practical rule.
- No false badges. We do not claim a page is “medically reviewed” unless a named clinician actually reviewed it. Pages show “fact-checked against sources” and a last-reviewed date, and are re-checked at least once a year.
- Not medical advice. Your artist’s instructions come first for aftercare, and your own doctor for any condition or medication.
How AI is used
AI tools help us research and draft. Every guide is edited by a person, checked against our data and sources, and rewritten where it reads as generic. We would rather publish ten useful guides than a hundred thin ones.
Updates and corrections
Each guide shows the date it was last updated. Numbers pulled from the catalogue — counts, example photos, price medians — refresh on their own as the catalogue grows. If you find a mistake, tell us: we correct it, and material corrections update the date. Report an error in a guide.
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Last updated September 30, 2026
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