About Living Story Tattoo
Living Story Tattoo offers restorative tattooing for breast reconstruction patients and breast conditions requiring areola pigment or asymmetry correction. Other restorative and decorative tattooing is offered as well.
“The tattooing of the nipple areola is the finishing touch to the breast reconstruction. It is a medical tattoo with an aesthetic touch.” “It is another chapter in her story and I am thankful to be a part of that.” She is the living story.-Christina Siegel, 2015
The name “Living Story” is from every person that I have tattooed having a story. It is about their personal journey, their own, unique story and I am lucky enough to have them told to me during the tattoo process.
Creating the most realistic, natural areolas and 3 dimensional nipples as possible, I'm honored and humbled to be a part of each woman's journey to restore her femininity and regain confidence after enduring so much. This is my motivation to seek out learning and to refine my skill and technique so I can be the best at what I do.
Choosing an Artist
Many times, the tattooing responsibility falls on the doctor or the nurse in the office to perform. They may have attended a weekend workshop or have even less training. Often times, they use whatever machine, needles, and ink that were sold to them by the trainers. This can lead to less than desired results on patients, especially if your nurse cannot draw even a stick figure or a simple straight line.
In my own personal case, I watched 6 hours of DVD videos from the Beau Institute and watched another RN do ONE tattoo and I was turned loose to tattoo breast reconstruction patients.
When interviewing and deciding on your artist, with any procedure which you may undergo, ask as many questions as you need to. Actually interview prospective artists. This is important!
Expect clear answers in wording that you understand. Ask about the training your artist has received. Ask to see photos of their work!!!! HEALED PHOTOS, not fresh!!! If you are uncomfortable with any of the answers that you receive from anyone, seek out another opinion. Having proper ink, equipment, and technique used, combined with diligent tattoo aftercare, your tattoo should remain beautiful for years to come.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, do not let anyone tattoo your body if it is not truly their passion. If their heart is in their work, it will show. Choosing me as your artist is truly an honor. Thank you for having that trust in me.
Meet Christina,
The Nipple Fairy®️
I am a registered nurse and experienced medical tattoo artist. After graduating from Wright State University in 1996 with a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing degree, I worked for 10 years in a variety of critical care hospital areas including: Burn unit, Trauma, NICU, and Oncology.
I worked at The Ohio State University Medical Center’s Department of Plastic Surgery from 2006-2014 where I completed hands-on training and The Beau Institute, Advanced Areola Complex training series. For over eight years, I was responsible for tattooing a large volume of patients in need of nipple areola complex tattooing and loved every minute of it but, I did not love the results I was providing…
In 2014, I continued my training to use proper equipment, ink and refine my technique, in order to give my clients a result that not only reflects my passion for what I do, but a result that they truly deserve. I’d like to thank Rob (RJ) Woods, owner of Tattoo Cartel in Columbus Ohio for all your help and guidance.
Myself and RJ.
In 2015, I furthered my 3D nipple tattoo training with TeeJay Dill. She is the owner of White Tiger Tattoo in Rochester, NY. She is phenomenal tattooer in addition to being an accomplished medical tattoo provider.
Myself and TeeJay!
I then opened Living Story Tattoo L.L.C. in 2015.
I worked at CAPS as an office nurse from 2015 to 2016 whilst tattooing part time.
In July of 2015, I started tattooing at the Bing Cancer Center, becoming the first and only certified medical tattoo artist with Ohio Health.
In October of 2015, the Columbus Dispatch ran an article on my work as its first ever informative piece about medical nipple tattooing. They ran this story on the front page.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWrFZWRWjF4
in October of 2015, I became involved with the Pink Ribbon (Girls) Good organization as a medical tattoo artist resource for their clients.
In 2016, I became a participating provider with the Ohio Health foundation for charity medical tattoo services.
In 2016, I became a provider for the C.A.P.S. for the Cure Foundation for charity tattoo services.
Also in 2016, I became certified in permanent make up at Mona Lisa's Permanent Make Up center in Hamilton Ohio.
Myself and Mona.
In October of 2017, I traveled to San Antonio, Texas, to receive my A.R.T. certification with my mentor, Stacie-Rae. She is the founder of the Areola Restorative Tattoo method.
Myself and Stacie-Rae Weir getting A.R.T. certified.
Training at Terry Lively's House of Art, in San Antonio, getting A.R.T. certified.
In 2017, I became a participating medical tattoo provider for the A.i.R.S. foundation for charity tattoo services.
In 2018, I opened up my Midwest Breast Location in Gahana, Ohio.
In July of 2018, I became certified in A+Ocean Tattoo Conventional and Cosmetic Tattoo Lightening and Removal. It is performed with hypertonic saline solution and techniques developed by John Hashey.
In 2019, I became a medical tattoo resource for the DIEP C Journey.
In 2021, I opened my Ohio Health Dublin location.
In 2022, I proudly became a member and Vice President of the AMT - Alliance of Medical Tattooing- as a founding board member.
In April 2022, I was featured in the popular women’s health magazine, Allure, as the chosen artist to represent the state of Ohio for mastectomy tattooing.
In May 2022, I was chosen as the very first medical nipple tattoo artist to be given the honor to speak at the Tattooing Coalition for Safety World Trade conference in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Also in 2022, I filed and received the trademark for my “The Nipple Fairy®” brand.
In 2023 became a member of A.P.T Alliance of Professional Tattooists
In 2023 became a member of AFDO
https://www.afdo.org/committees/body-art-commitee/
In 2023, I became a sponsored artist for Intenze Ink as an ambassador for the Pro Nouveau Line
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Intenze Ink
In 2023, I became a sponsored artist for Intenze Ink as an ambassador for the Pro Nouveau Line
***As an experienced and trusted provider for central Ohio and beyond, I have accumulated over 50 professional referral sources.
I am licensed with both the Columbus Public Health Department and Franklin County Health Department as the owner/operator of Living Story Tattoo LLC according to the rules described here at the Ohio Department of Health.
http://www.odh.ohio.gov/en/rules/final/3701-1%20to%20-09/f3701-9.aspx