The new scheme comes into effect on Friday, meaning more than 4,000 individual practitioners across Wales now face paying £203 for a licence.
More than 2,000 premises will also require their own certification, costing £385, and Kim says it’s inevitable that some costs will have to be passed on to customers.
“As the owner of a tattoo studio, not only do I have to insure myself and do the extra course, but I then have to license myself and the studio,” she said.
“Which means that when we’ve got to do this every three years, it’s going to cost quite a lot.”
