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‘Men cry when I tattoo them but when I inked my own mum – I was left traumatised’
'Men cry when I tattoo them but when I inked my own mum - I was left traumatised',Sarah Lo had a bumpy start when she first worked as an apprentice to learn about tattoo techniques and safety but she was moved by her mum when she offered to be her model

‘Men cry when I tattoo them but when I inked my own mum – I was left traumatised’

A young tattoo artist has told of the moment that she did one of her first tattoos as a teen – on her own mum.

Sarah Lo, from Houstin in US, started learning tattoo techniques at the age of 16 and revealed that her mum was not the biggest fan of her being a tattoo artist.

But her mum worked hard to help her buy a tattoo machine so she could kick start her career.

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"I really appreciate her for this because I know it's not easy for her except what I chose and this was really my dream," she detailed in podcast Inked.

Sarah Lo opened up to talk about her early days as a tattoo apprentice
Sarah Lo opened up to talk about her early days as a tattoo apprentice (Image: Youtube/Inked)