Some tattoo artists will say no. Others will say yes. There are legion 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 the tattoo. This is fairly outdated way of reckoning.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 with regards to 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. You a and ankles are definitely more painful than locations. 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 in order to give birth. This constitutes 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 you have now several tattoos, do you know what to expect while having become more protected from the feeling acquiring a tattoo because you have had the capability to feel what it feels like for almost any tattoo and now it’s possible 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 using 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 in order to create that small tattoo look even tinier. And, if sometime in the future you decide to obtain partial or full sleeve or leg piece, you’ve just make it more hard to design around that tiny tattoo smack dab in the centre 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 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 strongly advised to test a young area first ensuring the person getting the pre-deadener is not going to possess a bad reaction towards 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 you see a whitish coloring to the treated area making nearby areas appear pinker than normal. On darker skin specialists harder to take note of. If there is any doubt about whether the person will have response to this procedure, always have them talk 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 available to professional tattoo artists through their tattoo supplier and are not generally available to 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 if you have a medical license), Benzocaine and/or Tetracaine. Usually this ‘during-the-procedure’ treatment is with liquid, spray form or gel. It can be sprayed on or applied to your skin once the skin is ‘broken’ from the tattoo needle and should also be tested on a small area beforehand to check the client may have no adverse outcome. Again, this product is not generally available to potential fans and patrons but can be bought by a professional tattoo artist your licensed studio. This particular usually lasts 45 minutes to 1 hour per application that is advised not to use the product well over 4 times in one sitting with a person to avoid heart palpitations, and other unpleasant side changes.
Some artists won’t offer these deadeners saying it can the tattoo to heal poorly. Others refuse to offer them because of the cost involved in obtaining them. Most of these deadening products definitely expensive for small amounts and because they sometimes in alcohol or witch hazel bases, they often times evaporate quickly and never have a long shelf life. Clients usually don’t understand or know their tattoo artists will talk in regard to the tattoo experience the particular client is gone. 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 your same artist to get more detail work, because the artist knows it’ll be a difficult tattoo to do well 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 churn out well. Talking near the cell phone, bringing children into the studio and paying more attention inside 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 have 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