Many of our female clients offer sex - Tattooist claim

Demehin Chibuzor is a young entrepreneur with a thriving business in the heart of Nigeria’s busiest city – Lagos. Though raised in a Christian home where discipline and the fear of God runs deep, he has found himself in a vocation that perhaps ‘clashes’ with the religion he professes in many regards. Today, the university graduate runs one of the biggest tattoo studios in Lagos – a job that frequently brings him in contact with all classes of people in the society. Popularly known as Shodes Tattoos in the industry, the young man has seen the good and bad sides of the job since he started seven years ago.

But away from the success he has enjoyed in the business of inking images and inscriptions on the bodies of clients, it is in servicing females with an insatiable desire to have tattoos on their boobs, bums and even private parts that has presented one of the biggest dilemmas for Chibuzor. Despite the fact that such service, when rendered, comes with a lot of financial reward, the young man told our correspondent  that the hazards that come along with some requests sometimes make the job a bit tough.

I have been in this business for seven years and I can tell you that if you are not disciplined, you could lose your mind especially with the way some female clients offer you their bodies,” the tattooist said during an encounter with one of our correspondents earlier in the week. “Though tattoos can be done on any part of the body, most female clients specially demand for such to be done on their boobs, bums and even private parts. Once they tell me what they want, I cannot turn them down because that is their choice.

“I have done several tattoos for female clients in those very private areas of the body and I can say it is no longer a strange thing to me. But I won’t deny the fact that as a man, I have been aroused after being confronted with such temptation.

“As a person, I have had several experiences of female clients inviting me over to their places for fun after I did nice tattoos for them maybe on their boobs, bums and thighs.

“But because of the passion I have for the job, I try not to be distracted. The desire to do a good job helps take my mind off such distractions. The truth is that if you are not professional about the whole thing, you could lose your respect and money in the process. The experience with female clients who want this type of service has been eye-opening indeed,” he added.

Asked if he charges a special amount to have the boobs, bums or private parts of a female client tattooed, Chibuzor said that there are a number of factors which determine the amount he charges for each work.

“It is the same price for any part of the body. Well, I don’t know for the others, but for me I don’t charge extra for doing tattoos in private areas of the body.

“The size and nature of each tattoo dictates its price. Most clients prefer you to come to their house. They feel they’ll have the comfort they need around them while doing it. These are the factors that basically determine how much we charge for each job,” he said.

 Like Chibuzo r, Olaniyi Oladipupo of Shahole Tattoos is another player in the industry, who has had to fend off temptations of all kinds from female clients since going into the business about eight years ago. Apart from the growing demand for bum, boobs and private organ tattoos that he gets on a weekly basis, the free offers for sex that comes along is something he reckons could derail even a good man if not very careful. He told us that he has managed to keep his sanity only through the grace of God.

“Apart from the boobs, bums and private parts, a lot of ladies also like to have tattoos on their legs,” he began while speaking with one of our correspondents earlier in the week. “It is not easy seeing all these special parts of the body without sometimes being aroused. But even when these female clients deliberately seduce me while working on them; I try to stay calm because I know that is the only way I can get a good job done.

“Part of the ways I overcome such temptations is to gist with such ladies especially on topics that they really like. Sometimes I sing for them as well just to calm them down because many of them could be wild when they also get aroused as you are working on them. As a matter of fact, sometimes I cover those seductive parts with towel just to get my mind off it.

“As if that is not enough, some of these female clients who demand for these special tattoos on their bums, boobs and private parts, also invite me to hotels and their houses for sex but I really don’t honour such because a lady could easily claim that you want to rape her. I have had several experiences of female clients forcing themselves on me, so I am careful how I relate with them.

“Even though they can be interesting to work with, one has to be wise about it. I just take extra caution whenever I am dealing with a female client,” he said.