I went here for a $800 tattoo late last year- September 29th 2021, I truly feel like I threw my money down the drain and almost feel scammed. Allegedly it was also a discounted piece :/ You can see the proof in the pictures below.
The first tattoo appointment took around 8-9 hours and it looked good at first. I was super tired and just ready to leave once it got late. But I knew it was not done right when it started to heal. I have other tattoos and both of them look like I got them just a few months ago. When she did this tattoo the needlework was not done deep enough into the dermus layer and the entirety of the work went into the epidermus layer instead, since the cells in the epidermis heal quickly. I essentially had a semi permanent tattoo. This work caused it to fade rapidly. This tattoo was missing lines and outlines less than a month after I got it. Two months later I was missing whole sections of my piece and the middle parts of the flowers. The red from the lady bug was basically gone. While I believe Mrs. Pio is a talented artist, I do not believe she should be tattooing.
I messaged her November 15th, less than two months after she did it, and we set up a touch up appointment for an additional $70 for mid December. The touch up appointment was easily 4 hours because almost all of the piece had deteriorated. I let her know beforehand that the piece needed a lot of work. I felt like I shouldn't have even paid for it.
After the touch up, the piece definitely improved, however, it is a super light tattoo and the line work is not done well. There are still missing sections in the leaves and the body of the snake on my tattoo. The red from the lady bug is completely faded too.
All in all, I would not recommend getting tattooed here or by this artist. The piece has not aged well despite me taking very careful care of it. I am now in the process of paying another artists to re touch the entire piece.
I would also like to note there are very few pieces that this artist posts online that are actually healed. Most if not all pictures are right after it was done or retouched. I honestly feel like her portfolio was deceiving as I was super excited to get the piece done and it looked great right after. Based on the pictures on the profile I thought I was going to get a piece that looked very different. Please save your money and go to an artist with more experience and someone who posts all stages of their work on their portfolio. read more