Needle Configuration and Application in Cosmetic and Medical Tattooing.

Needles, machines, and techniques used for professional cosmetic and medical tattooing have reached a high level of sophistication. Best utensils are combined with operator's insight - the key to best results. Nowadays, a broad range of different tattoo needles serving different purposes are available. The chapter reviews round, flat, triangular, magnum, nano, polished, textured needles, etc. and their coding and preferred use in practice. The chapter is intended to be the vade mecum for practitioners in the field, the newcomer as well as the experienced, in private setting as well as in hospital.