Tanya Buxton, owner of Paradise Tattoo Studio in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire said: “It’s encouraging irresponsibility.”
“Tattooing is not meant to be gimmicky,” she added.
Buxton said the trend, which is often advertised on Instagram and TikTok for as little as £150 for a three-hour session, had been fuelled in-part by permanent make-up practitioners branching into fine-line tattooing.
“They’re trying to find new clients all the time,” she said. “That’s why they’re starting to do these tiny tattoos.
“It’s something that makes a lot of tattoo studios feel like they have to match, so people are now expecting cheap tattoos,” she added.