Medical Tattoo Pricing - What Determines the Cost?

Why Are Medical Tattoo Prices Not Fixed?

Prices for medical tattooing are not officially regulated. The differences between providers are easy to explain: in this intensive, highly specialised field, higher costs almost always go hand in hand with higher quality.

The Difference Between Quality and Low-Cost

A professional medical tattoo specialist works in a hygienic, sterile and fully compliant environment, with high-quality equipment and REACH-22 compliant pigments. She cannot — and should not — be compared to “the cheapest option.”
Low-cost providers rarely work with proper training, materials or hygiene standards. These treatments cannot be offered as “give-aways” without compromising on safety, expertise or results.

Why Cheap Often Becomes Expensive

Medical tattooing changes both your appearance and your self-image.
A cheap treatment may seem attractive, but often leads to:
• regret
• colour problems
• scarring
• expensive corrective work

This is why an initial consultation with your specialist is essential.

What Should You Always Check as a Client?

During a consultation, always verify:
• Is the practice hygienic and professional?
• Is everything used fully sterile and sealed?
• Are certificates available?
• Which pigments are used?
• Has the professional completed the official hygiene training of the Belgian Federal Public Health Service?

These are not details — they are basic requirements for safe practice.

Why Quality Requires Investment

Training & Expertise

A professional continuously invests in education, specialised training and up-to-date medical knowledge.

Hygiene & Infrastructure

Sterile equipment, safe working conditions, proper waste disposal and a fully compliant practice are essential.

Pigments & Materials

REACH-22 compliant pigments, medical needles and high-end devices are more expensive, but crucial for safety and results.

Insurance & Responsibility

A professional practice is correctly insured and takes full responsibility for its treatments.

Be Critical of Extremely Low Prices

If a provider charges unrealistically low prices, it is usually a sign that compromises are being made in training, hygiene, materials or safety. In a sector where mistakes can have permanent consequences, one rule applies:

Be alert. Your skin and health are not test material.

Important notice

The term permanent make up is considered as tattooing by Belgian law of 01/01/2006.
The under the skin introduced cosmetics fades in a greater or lesser extent, depending on different people, your lifestyle, of the choosen color pigment.
Because of varying degrees of difficulty of applications associated with lip/skin structure, breast area or texture, wrinkles around nasolabial folds, age, laser treatments, medication, smoking, sun exposure and/or solar bank, glycolic acid creams, I cannot guarantee "perfect" results whithin two treatments. Therefore, if the above circumstances develop, additional procedures may be necessary with "follow-up session" within 6 months.
Customers enjoy a benefit rate. To freshen up you pay 50% of the new annual rate.
Some customers will request a maintenance rather than others. The frequency of maintenance is o.a. depending on your lifestyle, skin structure, change organism, smoking behaviour, exposure to sun and solarium, etc
Consultations are not deducted in a reservation of treatment.
Please do not hesitate to contact me for more information or to book your consultation