Some tattoo artists will say no. Others will say yes. There are many factors to consider when getting a tattoo and obviously the amount of pain you must go through for that tattoo fluctuate.
Old school tattoo artists are of the mind, that you must earn your tattoo with discomfort you go through to get your tattoo. This is a pretty outdated way of reckoning.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 a body. Areas such while 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 to more painful areas. 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 designed to give birth. This makes a normal woman’s pain tolerance usually higher than a man’s. Women who have given birth usually tolerate pain better than women that have not been through childbirth.
Additionally, if you have now several tattoos, what happens to expect while having become more protected from the feeling of getting a tattoo because have had the opportunity to feel what it feels like to get a tattoo and now you may convince your body that the pain is not that bad, because you’ve survived it before. Those getting their first or second tattoo would be advised 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 tiny. But, be careful where those small tattoos go. Inside of 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 noticable that small tattoo look even smaller. And, if sometime in the future you decide to obtain partial or full sleeve or leg piece, you’ve simply make it more hard to design around that tiny tattoo smack dab in the heart of your planned large piece.
On the market today there are several 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 strongly advised to test a short area first to the person receiving the pre-deadener is not going to possess a bad reaction to the cream or lotion. Most pre-deadeners take 45 minutes to one hour to become effective and usually last 1 to 2 hours. Most times you can tell it is taking effect when notice a whitish coloring to the treated area making nearby areas appear pinker than normal. On darker skin this is harder to determine. If there is any doubt about whether the person will have reply to this procedure, you’ll want to have them speak about it to their doctor before using the product, several cases of reactions have been reported by people who did not follow these guidelines.
These pre-deadeners are offered to professional tattoo artists through their tattoo supplier and aren’t generally available on the public. These pre-deadeners are designed to be used 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 available for sale. It too can contain Lidocaine (5% concentration is the legal limit a person have a medical license), Benzocaine and/or Tetracaine. Usually this ‘during-the-procedure’ treatment is in liquid, spray form or gel. It can be sprayed on or applied to epidermis once the skin is ‘broken’ from the tattoo needle and need to also be tested on a small area beforehand to guarantee the client will have no adverse outcome. Again, this product is not generally available to the population but can come by a professional tattoo artist building licensed studio. Are already usually lasts 45 minutes to 60 minutes per application this is advised not added with the product more than 4 times in a single sitting with clients to avoid heart palpitations, and other unpleasant side effects.
Some artists refuse to offer these deadeners saying it causes the tattoo to heal poorly. Others refuse to offer them because with the cost involved in obtaining them. Many of these deadening products have become expensive for it’s a good and because they are sometimes in alcohol or witch hazel bases, they tend to evaporate quickly and don’t have a long shelf life. Clients usually don’t comprehend that their tattoo artists will talk in regard to the tattoo experience the actual 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 on the same artist for added work, because the artist knows be a difficult tattoo to prosper due to the continual pain vocalizations of the client, and looking for a way get a complaining client to sit still. Sitting still is the number one reason some tattoos do not turn up well. Talking to 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 finally end up well. But, using deadeners usually do not have any effect located on 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