Tattoo and Skin Piercing

Our Health and Safety Inspectors are responsible for enforcing health and safety at our skin piercing establishments.

Skin piercing includes:

• tattooing
• ear and body piercing
• acupuncture
• electrolysis
• semi-permanent makeup

To carry out any of the above you must have a licence:

Tattoo and skin piercing licences »

Guidance 

The premises and practices will be inspected in accordance with:

• Kent Code of Practice for Hygienic Skin Piercing 
• Tattooing and Body Piercing Guidance Toolkit (cieh)

For more information on health and safety at tattooists and semi-permanent makeup practitioners please contact the Public Protection Team at publicprotection@dover.gov.uk.

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