Tattooers wanted

Bethesda Tattoo is currently looking for 2 full time tattooers. Must have experience with multi session custom tattooing and the portfolio to back it up. Looking for friendly helpful people who want to work in a fun friendly laid back atmosphere with good people. please send resume to bethesdatattoo@yahoo.com 

recent customer issues led me to this...

I just revamped a recent post concerning services we provide to minors due to recent events involving irate parents not providing the correct documentation for their children. I can understand that it can be a hassle. We take every clients experience very seriously. We are professionals in a professional setting ready to answer ANY questions you have concerning these situations.

These rules have been established thru experience. No one is an exemption. If you don't agree, there's nothing we can do for you. Wait until you're 18.

Hey EVERYBODY, we survived our first UPDATE!!!

Hello everyone, James from Bethesda Tattoo here. First off, I'd like to say thank you for your patience with the new site. We're still smoothing things out and getting used to our newly formatted website. We love it so far! A BIG thanks to Andy for setting this up and getting us all aquinted with the new format and designing the new lightning bolt logo.  We would also like to thank Betsy the Fotomaven at www.fotomaven.com for all the fantastic photography for the site. Soon, we will have a bunch of new photos by Betsy gracing the pages of our artists.

October 3rd, we will be hosting a photo portrait bash. If you have a healed tattoo from us, we want you. Come down and have Betsy photograph you for our new site. You may even get a copy of the picture sent to your email. More details for that coming soon.

A word about Minors...



We at Bethesda Tattoo provide certain tattoo and piercing services for Minors age 16 and above.  We've recently acquired permission to pierce earlobes for 14 and up.   we feel that if you the parent feels their child is ready to handle the experience of a tattoo or piercing as a young adult, and the young adult is stoked to get a tattoo or piercing-then we would like to provide the safest and most professional service. "It's either that or they go to some basement party  so their "good friend" or friend of a friend can improperly perform or "Scratch" their way into one of the worst mistakes of their young lives.

Novice tattoo and piercing gear are easy to acquire over the internet says James-Manager of Bethesda Tattoo."They always find a way" says James. In James' 23 years experience he has seen and heard it all. "Parents would call me all the time worried their kid was going to die from getting tattooed in a shady situation. So I'll talk them down and answer any questions they may have- the correct information is essential in situations like that."  They'll have to get it fixed at some point, thats when they come to see us.

That being said, their are certain resposibilities the parent must tend to before services are rendered at Bethesda Tattoo. First, as a parent YOU MUST PROVIDE THE CORRECT INFORMATION as proof of relationship to the minor, this is critical to you and minor receiving any services. ALL DOCUMENTATION MUST BE ORIGINAL and stamped accordingly, that means NO PHOTO COPIED ORIGINALS WILL BE ACCEPTABLE OR ALLOWED. This is a significant event in your childs life, please treat it as such. We treat the transaction as professionals and expect you to do the same. If there is ever any doubt about what is an acceptable form of identification, please call the studio PRIOR to your visit. You will save yourself a lot of time, hassle and desire to leave nasty yelp reviews telling the world about what assholes we are and how we wronged you some how.  We like positivity in the shop whenever possible-it helps us create. PMA ALL DAY! Peace.