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Some thoughts on how much tattoos hurt
Jan. 29th, 2020 10:06 pmI'm tattooed in a lot of places. The truth is that the experience is different for everyone. For me, most of them hurt, and I don't like pain. But I love having tattoos more than I dislike pain, so I have many and will hopefully have many more. My observations:
The little tattoo just left of my sternum, in a spot that is still much skin and little meat, hurt zero. It was my third and I was utterly shocked at the total lack of pain.
My right forearm didn't hurt much. Some of that was mitigation because I could see what was happening.
My biceps hurt, but they were much later in my experience and I was able to just zone out. Except for the nightshade because my artist decided to have the Archer cartoon playing, so I was trying very hard not to laugh and shake my arm.
The ones over my kidneys hurt like OH MY GOD. They were my first two and so I expected all subsequent ones to hurt. I think this helped to set my understanding of what I could commit to.
So far, I have been tattooed on only 3 placed that hurt worse than a dental planing and scaling: over the very edges of my shoulder blades, smack over the middle of my spine, and over my sciatic nerve. The spine made me see white for a second.
Every second of hurt was worth it. My tattoos are beautiful and I love them. I started when I was 18 which means I've been tattooed for my of my life than I haven't, and I am so, so glad.
And thank you again and always to Dutch Cooke and to Chuk at The Mighty Horseman Tattoo co. for decorating my temple so beautifully.
Tattoos are art and if they are right for you, then they are worth every penny and every second of pain.
The little tattoo just left of my sternum, in a spot that is still much skin and little meat, hurt zero. It was my third and I was utterly shocked at the total lack of pain.
My right forearm didn't hurt much. Some of that was mitigation because I could see what was happening.
My biceps hurt, but they were much later in my experience and I was able to just zone out. Except for the nightshade because my artist decided to have the Archer cartoon playing, so I was trying very hard not to laugh and shake my arm.
The ones over my kidneys hurt like OH MY GOD. They were my first two and so I expected all subsequent ones to hurt. I think this helped to set my understanding of what I could commit to.
So far, I have been tattooed on only 3 placed that hurt worse than a dental planing and scaling: over the very edges of my shoulder blades, smack over the middle of my spine, and over my sciatic nerve. The spine made me see white for a second.
Every second of hurt was worth it. My tattoos are beautiful and I love them. I started when I was 18 which means I've been tattooed for my of my life than I haven't, and I am so, so glad.
And thank you again and always to Dutch Cooke and to Chuk at The Mighty Horseman Tattoo co. for decorating my temple so beautifully.
Tattoos are art and if they are right for you, then they are worth every penny and every second of pain.