Tattoo needles are divided into circular needles and row needles, but did you know that there are many types of single row needles? Today, let’s explain them one by one for tattoo lovers. There are single row needles, double row needles and cross row needles.

1. Single row needle: this type of needle has both blunt needles and sharp needles. In the past, older brands often used blunt needles, but later some brands have started making sharp needles. To increase the distance between the needles, some brands’ needles are fan-shaped.

This type of needle is relatively easy to penetrate because needles arranged in vertical rows, especially rows of sharp needles and fan-shaped needles, are easier to penetrate. However, because of its thorny nature, caution is needed. Beginners who use it incorrectly can easily cause skin damage and hyperplasia. The main cause of skin damage is incorrect operation, and the row of needles cannot repeat the tattoo vertically, because it will cut the skin like a knife. It’s best to push horizontally to try not to repeat the needle lines, so skin damage will be greatly reduced. The reason it proliferates is because it is sharp, easy to pierce deeply, and naturally proliferates.

This type of needle is suitable for some color tattoos. It is said that many tattoo artists use sharp fan-shaped needles to insert colored works, because of its ease of piercing and the thickness of the color in place. I tried it, and it felt very good. It can also be used to make some special performances, such as long and elegant hair and totem edge decoration. Instead, it uses a row of vertical shapes. When tattooing, it only needs to be vertical. It just needs to be very careful and cannot be repeated many times.

2. Double row needle: this type of needle is generally a blunt needle, belonging to the old needle type. This type of needle also evolved from the hand needle, because the hand needle tied itself, and the row needle could only be tied in this way. It is said that Japanese needles can have three or even four rows of needles. The advantage of this type of needle is that it has a large puncture area each time, but it also has many disadvantages: the needle tip is small, the penetration is good, it is difficult to color, so it needs to be tattooed again, naturally leading to skin damage. The hand needle is easy to use because of its high durability and slow frequency. However, the performance of the device was not outstanding so it was eliminated.

3. Cross Stitch: also known as cross stitch, this needle shape is improved from single row stitch and double row stitch. It is a combination of both and has all the advantages of both. It has large needle pitch, large amount of coloring material, easier penetration, large penetration area and less skin damage. It is the most widely used needle.

It has blunt needles and sharp needles, as well as a distinction between flat and arc mouths.

The flat fork needle has a mouth that is as flat as the tip of the needle. This type of needle has many needles, such as needles with more than 9 needles. When it penetrates the skin, it will create a phenomenon, that is, the needles on both sides penetrate deeper, the needle in the middle penetrates shallower. Especially when it penetrates a large area, patch fog will be difficult to penetrate evenly. The cause of this phenomenon is that the skin bends down when pressed. Flat needles are suitable for shaping texture, no uniform fog surface, and small area color. If you use it skillfully, the needle at its corner can pierce hair more elegantly than a row of needles.

The arc-shaped fork array needle is the needle tips of the pointer arranged in an arc shape, which both fits the downward-curved arc surface of the skin and can pierce the fog surface of the same depth. The arc needle is suitable for large area array fog, color scale conversion, and general tattoos can be suitable.