Some tattoo artists will say no. Others will say yes. There are numerous factors to consider obtaining 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 discomfort you go through to discover the tattoo. This is quite outdated way of planning.
Many factors play into how much a tattoo will hurt. One important aspect is where the tattoo will be located onto 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 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 made to give birth. This constitutes a normal woman’s pain tolerance usually higher than a gentleman’s. Women who have given birth usually tolerate pain better than females who have not been through childbirth.
Additionally, if you have now several tattoos, you know what to expect and have become more safe from the feeling of getting a tattoo since you have had the ability to feel what it feels like for any tattoo and it’s easy to 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 wise to pick smaller designs and put them in less painful areas until they become used on the feeling of having a tattoo needle pierce their skin 3,000 times a minute. 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 a lot of untouched skin around it tends noticable that small tattoo look even lesser. And, if sometime in the future you decide to obtain a partial or full sleeve or leg piece, you’ve simply it more tough to design around that tiny tattoo smack dab in the centre 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 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 make sure the person getting the pre-deadener is not going to have a bad reaction towards the cream or ointment. 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 look at a whitish coloring to the treated area making nearby areas appear pinker than normal. On darker skin famous . harder to determine. If there is any doubt about whether the person will have respond 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 around to professional tattoo artists through their tattoo supplier and aren’t generally available towards the public. These pre-deadeners are designed to be used on un-broken skin, meaning before the tattooing process is started.
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 unless you have a medical license), Benzocaine and/or Tetracaine. Usually this ‘during-the-procedure’ treatment has liquid, spray form or gel. You can get someone sprayed on or applied to skin once the skin is ‘broken’ your tattoo needle and need to also be tested on a small area beforehand to check the client may have no adverse answer. Again, this product is not generally available to potential fans and patrons but can be purchased by a professional tattoo artist working in a licensed studio. This particular usually lasts 45 minutes to an hour per application and it is advised not to use the product well over 4 times in a single sitting with an individual to avoid heart palpitations, and other unpleasant side effects.
Some artists usually offer these deadeners saying it will cause the tattoo to heal poorly. Others refuse to offer them because belonging to the cost involved in obtaining them. Many of these deadening products have become expensive for small amounts and because they sometimes in alcohol or witch hazel bases, they often times evaporate quickly and don’t have a long shelf life. Clients usually don’t understand or know their tattoo artists will talk on your 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 to the same artist to get more detail work, because the artist knows it’ll be a difficult tattoo to do well due to the particular continual pain vocalizations for the client, and looking for a way get a complaining client to sit still. Sitting ‘s still the number one reason some tattoos do not churn out well. Talking to the cell phone, bringing children into the studio and paying more attention for them than the tattoo procedure, and poor aftercare are other reasons why a tattoo might not turn out well. But, using deadeners usually doesn’t any effect around 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