This week, the Tattoo Buds are hangin’ with none other than Chris de Armas—a 20-year tattoo wizard from Orange County who’s basically done it all. Award-winning tattooer? Check. World traveler? Check. Owner of American Vintage Tattoo, Electric Pagoda Printing, AND Bandit Laser Tattoo Removal? Triple check. He tattoos, he removes tattoos, he probably dreams in tattoos.

We chat about his insane experience tattooing in Nepal (spoiler: it’s not your average tattoo convention), get some pro tips for when you're on the road, and dive into the age-old question: how much should you actually tip your tattooer? And just when you think it’s safe to turn off the episode, Chris hits us with a downright pulse pounding story for our Tattoo Cover-Up segment

tattoos, laughs, and a little bit of fear—what more could you want?

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