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 differ.
Old school tattoo artists are of the mind, that you must earn your tattoo with soreness you go through to discover the 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 This is very outdated way of thought process.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 private 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 staying more painful areas. Your 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 gentleman’s. Women who have given birth usually tolerate pain better than ladies have not been through childbirth.
Additionally, if you already have several tattoos, you know what to expect and also become more immune to the feeling to getting a tattoo since you have had to be able to feel what it feels like for almost any tattoo and now you can 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 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 little. But, be careful where those small tattoos go. The actual 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 in order to create that small tattoo look even tinier. And, if sometime in the future you decide to request a partial or full sleeve or leg piece, you’ve just make it more tough design around that tiny tattoo smack dab in the heart of your planned large piece.
On the market today there are many types of deadening agents available. Pre-deadeners usually have Lidocaine, Benzocaine and/or Tetracaine in them. Pre-deadeners should be employed 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 strongly advised to test a young area first to the person receiving the pre-deadener is not going to possess a bad reaction on the cream or creams. Most pre-deadeners take 45 minutes to one hour to become effective and usually last 1 to two hours. Most times you can tell it is taking effect when you see a whitish coloring to the treated area making the nearby areas appear pinker than normal. On darker skin famous . harder to observe. If there is any doubt about whether the person will have reply to this procedure, always 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 are not generally available on the public. These pre-deadeners are designed as replacements 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 ready. 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 with liquid, spray form or gel. May possibly be sprayed on or applied to the skin once the skin is ‘broken’ via tattoo needle and need to also be tested on a small area beforehand to check the client can have no adverse outcome. Again, this product is not generally available to the public but can come by a professional tattoo artist working in a licensed studio. Are already usually lasts 45 minutes to sixty minutes per application as well as its advised not the following the product well over 4 times in one sitting with an individual to avoid heart palpitations, and other unpleasant side experiences.
Some artists usually offer these deadeners saying it causes the tattoo to heal poorly. Others refuse to offer them because of the cost involved in obtaining them. Most of these deadening products are very expensive for small amounts and because they are sometimes in alcohol or witch hazel bases, they very often will evaporate quickly and won’t have a long shelf life. Clients usually don’t realize that their tattoo artists will talk in regard to the tattoo experience the actual 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 the client comes back to the same artist for further work, because the artist knows it is going be a difficult tattoo to prosper due to could be pain vocalizations for this 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 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 finally end up well. But, using deadeners usually doesn’t any effect on the quality of the tattoo or the healing process afterward.
The Wave tattoo studio
Carrer dels Assaonadors, 24, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
+34 603 30 76 87