There is a social stigma and craze about white ink tattoos. Though they are sophisticated and are easy to hide, there are many more concerning factors before you go out and get one.
The first issue is that white ink is quite thick and is hard to work with. Having a thinner consistency in ink is what helps tattoos get done faster (advantage if you have an artist that charges at an hourly rate) and come out clean looking. There’s another issue, with wanting your tattoo to come out perfect with crisp and clean lines, it is exceedingly difficult to accomplish when using white ink because it is difficult for an artist to see what they are doing exactly while the skin starts to get irritated, swell, and bleed.
As these photos (which are not mine and I do not credit them) seem to appear clean, if you look closely upon them you can see inconsistencies in the appearance of them. Line work tends to be much more shaky and patterns do not seem to match too well with one another. With this being said, many artists refuse to work with straight up white tattoos because the artist knows their capabilities and can tell you whether or not it would even appear to come out on the skin nicely. Also another factor is one’s own skin; fairer skin seems to not show white ink as well as skin that has more melanin in it. The issue at hand with more melanin would be using more and more of a thicker ink into the skin which can lead to scarring and permanent raising of the tattoo which no one really wants do they?
UNSOLICITED INK 