Breaking Boundaries: The Truth Behind a 10-Hour Anesthesia Tattoo Session
Release Date: 04/30/2025
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info_outlineThe latest episode of "Chats and Tatts" explores a groundbreaking approach to tattooing: the use of anesthesia to enable individuals to undergo extensive tattoo sessions in a single sitting. This innovative method is particularly appealing to busy individuals who often struggle to find the time for multiple tattoo appointments, which can stretch over months or even years.
Guest Jason Williams exemplifies the type of individual who benefits from this approach. As a family man with a thriving career, he shared the challenges of scheduling multiple trips to the tattoo shop, especially given the time commitment involved in traditional tattooing. With a busy life that includes raising two children and managing a professional career, Jason sought a way to expedite the tattooing process without sacrificing the quality of the artwork.
Aaron shares how his friend reached out with this innovative idea, leading to a collaboration with Dr. Dave Levine, an anesthesiologist and part-owner of a surgical center. With the hands of three other talented tattoo artist from Guru Tattoo in San Diego, this intense and beautiful collaboration camee to life.
Tune in to hear about the unique approach to tattooing, the bond between artist and client, and the thrill of embracing creativity in unconventional ways.
00:01:23 - The Tattoo Project: Full Front Piece
00:01:55 - Setting Up the Anesthesia Tattoo Session
00:03:09 - Addressing Controversy in the Tattoo Community
00:03:56 - Tradition vs. Innovation in Tattooing
00:07:06 - Embracing New Methods in Tattooing
00:09:03 - The Thrill and Danger of the Procedure
00:10:05 - Tattooing Under Anesthesia: The Artist's Perspective
00:11:18 - Collaboration Among Tattoo Artists
00:13:07 - The Risk and Reward of Anesthesia
00:17:03 - Calculated Risks and Living Fully
00:20:04 - Seeking Excitement in a Mundane Life
00:22:23 - The Recovery Process: Waking Up from Anesthesia
00:24:43 - The Aftermath: Pain and Healing
00:29:49 - The Healing Process: Intense Itching and Discomfort
00:31:27 - Reflecting on the Experience
00:34:06 - Appreciation for the Tattoo Community
00:34:27 - The Collaborative Nature of Tattooing
Quotes:
"Tattooing is meant to be painful for a reason. It's a rite of passage."
"What right do we have to tell others what to do with their life, especially when it's not harming anyone?"
"I do like the danger of things. I do like the excitement of the unknown."
"For the first time in my career to be able to just tattoo as hard and as fast as you wanted without worrying about the person that you were doing it to."
"Controversy is so fun."
"I think traditionalists want to stand up for being a traditionalist. And for that, hell yeah. I love it.
"Anytime you can make yourself proud. You know, take that chance, take that risk, live with the risks, and then if something bad happened, then you say, hey, it was something I chose to do."
"I seek that thrill and the danger of it all. And just the excitement. You don't get much excitement during the day of that magnitude, you know, any given day."
"It takes two to make this thing happen. It takes collaboration. This is a collaborative art form and it is the most beautiful part about it."
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