Virginia Beach Ink Tattoo and Piercing Studio — Local services in Virginia Beach

Wife called to see if they do wedding band tattooes. She was told yes and to make an appointment via instagram or just walk in. Could not find how to make an appointment via instagram drove 30 mins to walk in on Oct. 16 2022 to be informed that we needed to talk to the artist who was doing a tattoo at the time left $100 deposit came back 2 hrs later just to be told by Brian W. that he does not like to do ring or wedding band tattoos. We did recieve our $100 deposit back however we wasted over 2 and a half hrs driving and waiting just to be told no.

Update: In response to the owner, Say that Brian W. "doesn't like to do them" is the same thing I stated which is Brian W. "Does not like to do ring or wedding band" if he is giving us reasons why he doesn't like to do them then he is actively trying to talk us out of it. No one cares about the reasons an artist does not like to do them. People just care about can he do the tattoo?. If not then who? We were very realistic the conversation was can we get wedding ring tattoos then we were ask what we wanted. So we showed pictures and said something like this. We were told we can't do anything like that which was okay by us. We then offered Brian W. An extra $100 for him to design what ever he wanted as our wedding bands which he did not say anything just continued to state the reason why he does not like to do wedding ring tattoos. You could has show us a tattoo book with ring tattoos and we would have pick one off the pictures. Hell in your next response you can put ring tattoo that you have done and we could tell you one that we would have chosen. Our expectation are simple and easy. The bottomline is Brian W. Does not like to do ring tattoos or any tattoos on the fingers. What you can do better is identify which artist like to do/are willing do ring tattoos. Let people know who they are and when they are available. Provide a link from your website to schedule appointments could be a link which leads to instagram instead of tell people to randomly search for the artist on instagram. You could also do it through an appointment app in order to not give personnel info to other people. Additionally, you could have a tattoo book with tattoos you have done on a book displayed by sections for example a hand tattoo section with the artist who are...

TL;DR: I got pierced by them twice a couple years ago, both in the same hole (after healing) because of a botched job. Piercing never healed right and was pretty crooked. You're better off at Finders Keepers.

I had a friend pierce my ears about 5 years ago on a whim. The right lobe healed fine but the left didn't take; I let it heal over and went to VB Ink because it was close by at the time and I figured a professional would be a safer bet.

They were professional and clean, but that's where the quality ended for me. The first time I got it done I told them I have metal allergies; they gave me surgical steel which they assured me would be safe. That piercing got irritated and never healed, no matter what I did. I pulled it out, let it heal over, and used vitamin E oil massages daily to break up any scar tissue.

I got it a second time; this one hurt way more and the artist was kind of rough with it. It also came out cockeyed and didn't match my other lobe. This one they claimed was titanium and I paid extra for it, but the piercing still got irritated; if it was titanium, it must have been low-grade or something because after a whole YEAR of after care it never took. Each time I came in they said to just keep doing after care and wait. I got fed up and took it out to let it heal over. I waited another two years (with vitamin E oil massages) before taking my business to Finders Keepers in Norfolk. That was in April and, after the exact same aftercare regimen as before, the piercing has healed beautifully. The artist even managed to remove some of the scar tissue from the last three botched jobs. I can't see myself going back to VB Ink for a piercing again, the results speak...

I live in New Jersey but I went to college in the area; VB Ink & Tattoo is the only place I've ever gone for piercings. Danielle and Shimp have both pierced me and both are phenomenal, professional, and precise. I went back last Saturday to get a titanium industrial with my boyfriend. First Shimp checked our ear anatomy to see if we could support the mod, which thankfully we both could! They were clean, considerate, and communicative throughout by telling us when and how to breathe, by ensuring plenty of opportunity to ask questions before & after poke, and by giving sound advice to questions and to common issues.

We left with a bottle of their saline aftercare solution each, two new holes in our ear, and two instructions: 1) to use unscented soap & cotton swabs to clean in the shower (orange Dial soap was recommended, but my store was out so I went with unscented palmolive dish soap), and 2) while cleaning to try to ensure the area stays clean and flushed of all dried blood and bacteria.

It's been about four days since and I have little to no pain at all. There's a bit of pressure from expected swelling, but aside from passing by a mirror and checking myself out (and over-ear headphones for now lol) I have no clue it's even there. You rock Shimp, thank you so much!!!!!

VB Ink will probably be the only place I go for piercings in the future; I can expect cleanliness, professionalism, and knowledge from them, and they're also really friendly which makes you feel good about the process at every...