Some tattoo artists will say no. Others will say yes. There a wide range of factors to consider when getting a tattoo and obviously the amount of pain you must go through for that tattoo will change.
Old school tattoo artists are of the mind, that you must earn your tattoo with the pain you go through to find tattoo. This is quite outdated way of reckoning.
Many factors play into how much a tattoo will hurt. One important factor is where the tattoo will be located on your body. Areas such as the outer arms, outer legs, upper back and upper chest are not very painful for tattooing. Other areas such as the lower back, inside the arms, or legs, near elbows and knees, along the spine, along the ribs, the lower front torso are all considered staying more painful areas. The feet and ankles are definitely more painful than locations. This applies also to inside the wrist and hands.
Another factor is how well you tolerate pain. Women are built to take pain better than men, because women are made to give birth. This constitutes a huge normal woman’s pain tolerance usually higher than a guys. Women who have given birth usually tolerate pain better than women who have not been through childbirth.
Additionally, if words several tattoos, do you know what to expect and obtain become more protected from the feeling acquiring a tattoo an individual have had to be able to feel what it feels like to get a tattoo and now you can convince your body that the pain is not that bad, because you’ve survived it forward. Those getting their first or second tattoo would be advisable to pick smaller designs and put them in less painful areas until they become used to the feeling of working with a tattoo needle pierce their skin 3,000 times a few moments. But, be careful where those small tattoos go. Their tattoo business, outer arms and upper backs, as well as calves of the legs are considered ‘prime real estate’ and to plant a tiny tattoo in an area that leaves a lot of untouched skin around it tends in order to create that small tattoo look even reduced. And, if sometime in the future you decide to obtain partial or full sleeve or leg piece, you’ve simply it more tough to design around that tiny tattoo smack dab in center of your planned large piece.
On the market today there are some types of deadening agents available. Pre-deadeners usually have Lidocaine, Benzocaine and/or Tetracaine in them. Pre-deadeners should be suited for cleaned, shaved skin in a thin coat, then seal the area with clear cellophane and taped airtight. The artist applying this pre-deadener is wise to test a young area first to the person receiving the pre-deadener is not going to have a bad reaction into the cream or lotion. Most pre-deadeners take 45 minutes to a single hour to become effective and usually last 1 to 2 hours. Most times you can tell it is taking effect when look at a whitish coloring to the treated area making the surrounding areas appear pinker than normal. On darker skin specialists harder to observe. If there is any doubt about whether the person will have step to this procedure, ensure that have them discuss it with their doctor before using the product, several cases of reactions have been reported by people that did not follow these guidelines.
These pre-deadeners are available to professional tattoo artists through their tattoo supplier and aren’t generally available towards the public. These pre-deadeners are designed to use on un-broken skin, meaning before the tattooing process commences.
Once the tattoo has been started, usually after all of the outlining is done, another type of deadener is existing. It too can contain Lidocaine (5% concentration is the legal limit unless you have a medical license), Benzocaine and/or Tetracaine. Usually this ‘during-the-procedure’ treatment is actually in liquid, spray form or gel. May well be more sprayed on or applied to your skin once the skin is ‘broken’ via tattoo needle and must also be tested on a small area beforehand to make sure of the client can have no adverse problem. Again, this product is not generally available to men and women but can can be obtained by a professional tattoo artist working in a licensed studio. There have been usually lasts 45 minutes to an hour per application this is advised not incorporated with this the product much more than 4 times in a sitting with clients to avoid heart palpitations, and other unpleasant side effects.
Some artists usually offer these deadeners saying it may cause the tattoo to heal poorly. Others refuse to offer them because with the cost involved in obtaining them. Most of these deadening products can expensive for small amounts and because are usually sometimes in alcohol or witch hazel bases, they very often evaporate quickly and have a long shelf life. Clients usually don’t realise that their tattoo artists will talk towards the tattoo experience when the client is absent. Tattoo artists have been overheard commenting about what a wimp a client is because they moaned, groaned, complained incessantly, constantly wiggled throughout the whole tattoo. Some artists will charge more for the next tattoo if customer comes back on the same artist to get more detail work, because the artist knows it is going be a difficult tattoo to excel due to the continual pain vocalizations in the client, and trying to get a complaining client to sit still. Sitting still is the number one reason some tattoos do not come out well. Talking to the cell phone, bringing children into the studio and paying more attention for than the tattoo procedure, and poor aftercare are some other reasons why a tattoo might not turn out well. But, using deadeners usually doesn’t have any effect using a quality of the tattoo or the healing process after.
The Wave tattoo studio
Carrer dels Assaonadors, 24, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
+34 603 30 76 87