I don't know.. i have a friend who has a tat who also uses body paint to paint in white in certain areas of his tat because it looks better to him. While it may be fake in a real tat. At least one guy i know wants white to be there. When i am doing realistic tats I make sure there is no white but when i am going for a body paint look i use white. Just depends on if you are being Realistic or not S Storm