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2006-10-09 14:17:43 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body ➔ Tattoos
it hurts like a mofo..j/k ....it numbs up and its tolerable
2006-10-09 14:57:17 · answer #1 · answered by Ken and Wendy M 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
OK.
First the drawing is transferred on the skin, the drawing paper is pressed against the skin where the artist has applied usually a deoderant gel making the ink stick. This is the outline for the artwork.
As I sit in the not so comfortable chair a buzz fills the room for a split second I turn and see the artist dip the tip of the needle in a small ink well, he comes closer to me and checks the outline once more before "BUZZZZZZ" Oh the bite of pain that rushes through me, it is not so bad but the pain persists during the entire outlining process. While he does the outline there are moments when he stops to wipe the tat so he can clearly see what he has done and where the needle is going next. The buzzing stops for those moments and I take a deep breath.
Now he cleans the needle wipes down the outline asks if I am OK up til now. I say Yup. He dips the needle into the first color and like an itch that you just cannot scratch hard enough he begins to fill in the color over & over with the needle in the same area I am feeling some pain because of the repeated "scratching" but there is a numbness or euphoria coming over me I cannot feel the artist applying the needle anymore. We begin to talk about everyday things I look at a tat Magazine the worst is over. several times he changes the color red to purple to blue, to green and finally yellow. Several times he cleans the tat to see where he has been and if there are any areas he missed. My tattoo is complete there is no more pain He wipes it down covers it with Bacitracine and puts on a patch to keep it free from dirt and to collect any blood.
2006-10-10 02:53:43 · answer #2 · answered by ead824 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
At first it feels like it would if you were to scrape your skin with a safety pin. Depending on the location, the degree of shading and the size that might be the worst of it. Two hours into a highly color-saturated one right over my spine, I'd had just about enough pain for a lifetime, but up until that point it was more annoying than truly painful.
For the first couple days after, it will feel more or less like a sunburn. After that, it starts to itch madly for a few days until it's done peeling.
2006-10-10 09:33:25 · answer #3 · answered by mockingbird 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on where you tattoo it. Sensitve areas would hurt more than other areas.
1) It is not so painful where you will scream.
2) It is not intolerable.
3) It is like little ant bites at first, then after a while, the sound of the vibrating pen/needle numbs you out and then you dont really feel much pain.
4) It hurts more near sensitive areas like under your arm, arm pits, your rib cage area, collar bone, shoulder blades (if you are thin).
5) Places like forearms, arms, butt dont hurt. thighs (tickles) but inner thigh hurts a bit (again, not unbearable, just occasional "biting" sensation)
Not as painful as:
a) going for a root canal.
b) having your wisdom teeth extracted.
c) taking a bullet in the shoulder.
d) being bitten by fire ants.
e) being punched repeatedly.
f) falling off a bike while trying to pull off a superman bike grab.
See...not that painful afterall.
:-)
2006-10-09 15:11:49 · answer #4 · answered by Xanadu loves you 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Its hard to describe because it feels like nothing else you've ever felt. The best way to describe it is like when you have a sun burn and someone with really long nails scratches it. I find tattoos relaxing. Talk to the tattoo artist and that will keep your mind off of the pain.
2006-10-09 17:15:18 · answer #5 · answered by ROCKER_CHICK 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
take a sewing needle or safety pen ( that is clean of course ) now jab it very fast into your arm like 30 times. That's how a tattoo feels then it goes numb.
my mom did this to me when I asked when I was younger :)
I love tattoos I have 5 so it must not hurt too bad.
2006-10-11 12:32:41 · answer #6 · answered by ♥just me♥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me it was a vibrating itchy feeling on the area they tattooed. With some pain for sensitive spots. Overall, I don't think it hurt.
But just so you know, everyone is different, so you won't get the answer you want. Only way to know how it feels is to get a tattoo yourself.
2006-10-10 06:25:31 · answer #7 · answered by 4eyed zombie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It feels like someone is scratching your skin. On a little tattoo it's a minor annoyance. My biggest tat took over 6 hours, and by the end it was as exhausting as giving birth without drugs....after a while the time tends to whittle away at your resistance.
But would I do it again? Sure. I plan to.
2006-10-09 14:48:36 · answer #8 · answered by hoodoowoman 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It depends on where you get the tattoo..I have 3 on my lower back...the first didn't hurt at all..the second hurt a little more but took much longer...the third one hurt even worse...it may hurt at first but after a while it gets numb and is more annoying than anything...definitely worth the pain though!
2006-10-09 16:53:27 · answer #9 · answered by brai79 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
honestly depends on where you get it
I got mine on my shoulder blade, and for the most part it was just a tingling sensation, there was two spots over bone that hurt like hell. I sat for 2 hours talking and laughing with my brother, but every time the tattoo artist hit the two spots over the bone I would grit my teeth and suck it up.
2006-10-09 14:25:59 · answer #10 · answered by nanners040477 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
None of mine hurt, just felt like a buzzing ballpoint of a pen, but the next day it felt like I was burned. You have to keep lotion or vaseline on it to keep it moist because it will scab up really bad if you don't. Most importantly, don't scratch. You scratch, you bleed, you **** up your tattoo.
2006-10-09 14:24:59 · answer #11 · answered by infernal_seamonkey 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋