Eli5 why do tattoo machines not cut your skin?

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I see it all the time in videos. The tattoo artist pulls a line on the skin, but the needle part needs to be deep into the skin to deposit the ink, so how does it keep pulling the line without cutting the skin?

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The tattoo needle is motorized and goes in and out super fast. By the time the artist’s hand has moved a fraction of an inch the needle’s already pulled out and is getting ready to go back in.

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