Some tattoo artists will say no. Others will say yes. There a wide range of factors to consider obtaining a tattoo and obviously the amount of pain you must go through for that tattoo will vary.
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 This is rather outdated way of planning.
Many factors play into how much a tattoo will hurt. One important factor is where the tattoo will be located on a body. Areas such as the 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 to more painful areas. An individual and ankles are definitely more painful than other areas. This applies also to inside the wrist and hands.
Another factor is how good you tolerate pain. Women are built to take pain better than men, because women are designed to give birth. This an amazing normal woman’s pain tolerance usually higher than a gentleman’s. Women who have given birth usually tolerate pain better than ladies have not been through childbirth.
Additionally, if you have already several tattoos, do you know what to expect while having become more secure the feeling of having a tattoo because have had the ability to feel what it feels like reward yourself with a tattoo and nowadays you can convince your body that the pain is not that bad, because you’ve survived it long before. 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 towards the feeling of working with a tattoo needle pierce their skin 3,000 times a tiny. But, be careful where those small tattoos go. Their tattoo business, outer arms and upper backs, as well as calves among 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 noticable that small tattoo look even tinier. And, if sometime in the future you decide for your partial or full sleeve or leg piece, you’ve just it more tough design around that tiny tattoo smack dab in the centre 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 added to 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 short area first to check the person finding the pre-deadener is not going to have a bad reaction towards the cream or lotion. Most pre-deadeners take 45 minutes to a single hour to become effective and usually last 1 to two hours. Most times you can tell it is taking effect when view a whitish coloring to the treated area making the surrounding areas appear pinker than normal. On darker skin this is harder to uncover. If there is any doubt about whether the person will have respond to this procedure, always have them speak about it to 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 around to professional tattoo artists through their tattoo supplier and are not generally available towards public. These pre-deadeners are designed to get used on un-broken skin, meaning before the tattooing process begins.
Once the tattoo has been started, usually after all 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 has liquid, spray form or gel. Somebody sprayed on or applied to your once the skin is ‘broken’ from the tattoo needle and need to also be tested on a small area beforehand to be the client could have no adverse problem. Again, this product is not generally available to potential fans and patrons but can be bought by a professional tattoo artist building licensed studio. Are already usually lasts 45 minutes to an hour per application as well as its advised not the following the product well over 4 times in a single sitting with an individual to avoid heart palpitations, and other unpleasant side changes.
Some artists refuse enrollment of offer these deadeners saying it triggers the tattoo to heal poorly. Others refuse to offer them because belonging to 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 never have a long shelf life. Clients usually don’t understand or know their tattoo artists will talk towards the tattoo experience the particular client is no more. 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 the same artist for further work, because the artist knows it will be a difficult tattoo to do well due to the continual pain vocalizations in the client, and suitable get a complaining client to sit still. Sitting still is the number one reason some tattoos do not come out well. Talking during the cell phone, bringing children into the studio and paying more attention all of them than the tattoo procedure, and poor aftercare are other reasons why a tattoo might not be well. But, using deadeners usually doesn’t have any effect located on the quality of the tattoo or the healing process then.
The Wave tattoo studio
Carrer dels Assaonadors, 24, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
+34 603 30 76 87