Empowerment Tattooing

How can a tattoo help you to heal?

Maybe the skin suit doesn’t fit? Maybe it looks and feels different to how it used to? Maybe there are scars, maybe the skin looks different on the outside to the person you feel you are on the inside? Maybe you were made to feel your skin isn’t right by others, maybe others made you feel uncomfortable in your own skin?

Skin means nakedness, vulnerability, confidence, trust, intimacy, sexuality, uniqueness, identity. It’s complicated. Depending on your upbringing, society and life experience, skin can mean so many powerful things including pride and sometimes even shame.

Cooley’s theory of the looking glass self states that we see ourselves as a reflection of how others see us. All too often the thoughts of how we are seen impact dramatically on how we feel about ourselves. We know this shouldn’t be the way, but some of these external views become internalised and get buried so deep in our psyche that a part of ourself starts to believe it.

Choosing to design and decorate your skin is a huge part of taking back that power. Choose the designs that are a true reflection of you, wear your heart on your sleeve, literally! This takes away any ambiguity, this is who I am, the real me, and I do not acknowledge your assumptions.

Empowerment tattooing is offered in partnership with our partner container company, based on site at Containerville. Available to clients aged 18 and over.