Winners: Best in Skin Health and Best Beauty Education, Verve Best in Beauty Awards 2026

Inkworks Studio is proud to have been named in two categories at the Verve Magazine Best in Beauty Awards 2026 — Best in Skin Health and Best Beauty Education.

For a paramedical tattoo clinic in Auckland, this kind of recognition means more than a trophy. It represents something bigger — the growing awareness of what paramedical tattooing can actually do for people.

What is paramedical tattooing?

Paramedical tattooing is a specialist clinical discipline that uses advanced tattooing and needling techniques to improve the appearance of scars, stretch marks, hair loss, and other skin concerns. Unlike cosmetic tattooing, the focus is on skin health, tissue remodelling, and clinical results rather than aesthetics alone.

At Inkworks Studio in Auckland, every treatment begins with the skin itself improving texture, tone, and structure before any camouflage or colour work is introduced. This skin-first philosophy is what sets paramedical tattooing apart from conventional beauty treatments.

Why these Best in Beauty awards matter

Paramedical tattooing is still a relatively new field in New Zealand. Many of the treatments available at Inkworks Studio, for surgical scars, accident scars, stretch marks, scalp micropigmentation, and hair loss — are options most people simply don't know exist yet.

Being recognised by Verve Magazine in the Skin Health category helps bring paramedical tattooing into the wider beauty and health conversation in New Zealand — and that matters. Every person who discovers these treatments is someone who no longer has to quietly manage something on their skin that doesn't have to be permanent.

The Best Beauty Education award is equally meaningful. Inkworks Academy was built to raise the standard of paramedical tattoo training in New Zealand with small class sizes, hands-on mentorship, and a curriculum built around clinical reasoning, not just technique. An industry moves forward when knowledge gets shared properly and students leave training genuinely ready to work.

Paramedical tattooing in Auckland

Inkworks Studio is based in Meadowbank, Auckland, and is one of a small number of clinics in New Zealand offering specialist paramedical tattooing at a clinical level.

Founder Amy Saunders has trained extensively in New Zealand and internationally, and holds distributor status for Conceald'IT used in follicular regeneration and skin revision protocols. She also uses advanced serums and pigments from Nue Conceal, Procell, Artemis Supply co.

Treatments available at Inkworks Studio include scar camouflage, stretch mark revision, scalp micropigmentation (SMP), follicular regeneration therapy for hair loss, and face and skin revision.

Finance is available for all treatments.

Find out more

If you've been thinking about doing something about a scar, stretch marks, or hair loss and you're based in Auckland or willing to travel, Amy offers free video consultations.

Send through photos of the area you'd like treated for an honest assessment of what's possible.

Reach out for more info

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