Some tattoo artists will say no. Others will say yes. There are numerous 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 sensation you go through to find tattoo. This is very outdated way of thought process.
Many factors play into how much a tattoo will hurt. One essential aspect is where the tattoo will be located on your body. Areas such with regards to outer arms, outer legs, upper back and upper chest are not very painful for tattooing. Locations 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 for 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 makes a normal woman’s pain tolerance usually higher than a guys. Women who have given birth usually tolerate pain better than women that have not been through childbirth.
Additionally, if words several tattoos, guess what happens to expect and have become more immune to the feeling to getting a tattoo an individual have had the ability to feel what it feels like for any tattoo and now you may convince your body that the pain is not that bad, because you’ve survived it prior to when. 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 developing a tattoo needle pierce their skin 3,000 times a little. 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 lots of untouched skin around it tends to that small tattoo look even tinier. And, if sometime in the future you decide to get a partial or full sleeve or leg piece, you’ve just it more tough design around that tiny tattoo smack dab in the midst of your planned large piece.
On the market today there are a few types of deadening agents available. Pre-deadeners usually have Lidocaine, Benzocaine and/or Tetracaine in them. Pre-deadeners should be put on 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 small area first to the person finding the pre-deadener is not going to possess a bad reaction towards the cream or lotion. Most pre-deadeners take 45 minutes a minimum of one hour to become effective and usually last 1 to 2 hours. Most times you can tell it is taking effect when you see a whitish coloring to the treated area making the encircling areas appear pinker than normal. On darker skin wanting to offer harder to observe. If there is any doubt about whether the person will have response to this procedure, make sure to have them speak about it to their doctor before using the product, several cases of reactions have been reported by those who 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 as replacements 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 if you have a medical license), Benzocaine and/or Tetracaine. Usually this ‘during-the-procedure’ treatment is actually in liquid, spray form or gel. You can get someone sprayed on or applied to the skin once the skin is ‘broken’ via tattoo needle and should also be tested on a small area beforehand to be the client could have no adverse answer. Again, this product is not generally available to the public but can can be obtained by a professional tattoo artist working in a licensed studio. Are already usually lasts 45 minutes to 60 minutes per application this is advised not unit the product more than 4 times in one sitting with litigant to avoid heart palpitations, and other unpleasant side experiences.
Some artists usually offer these deadeners saying it will cause the tattoo to heal poorly. Others refuse to offer them because within the cost involved in obtaining them. Most of these deadening products can expensive for moderateness and because they sometimes in alcohol or witch hazel bases, they very often evaporate quickly and won’t have a long shelf life. Clients usually don’t realise that their tattoo artists will talk towards the tattoo experience your client is vanished. 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 the client comes back towards same artist for further work, because the artist knows it is going be a difficult tattoo to do well due to the actual pain vocalizations of the client, and wishing to get a complaining client to sit still. Sitting still is the number one reason some tattoos do not churn out well. Talking during the cell phone, bringing children into the studio and paying more attention to them than the tattoo procedure, and poor aftercare are some other reasons why a tattoo might not turn out well. But, using deadeners usually lacks any effect around the quality of the tattoo or the healing process in a while.
The Wave tattoo studio
Carrer dels Assaonadors, 24, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
+34 603 30 76 87