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 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 This is a pretty outdated way of planning.
Many factors play into how much a tattoo will hurt. One essential aspect 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 be more painful areas. Your feet and ankles are definitely more painful than other areas. 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 in order to give birth. This an amazing normal woman’s pain tolerance usually higher than your. Women who have given birth usually tolerate pain better than women that have not been through childbirth.
Additionally, if you can demonstrate some several tattoos, guess what happens to expect and obtain become more protected from the feeling acquiring a tattoo an individual have had a chance to feel what it feels like to get a tattoo and now it’s possible to convince your body that the pain is not that bad, because you’ve survived it sooner than. 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 for 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 of 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 littler. And, if sometime in the future you decide for your partial or full sleeve or leg piece, you’ve simply make it more challenging design around that tiny tattoo smack dab in the middle 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 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 wise to test a short area first to make sure the person receiving the pre-deadener is not going to possess a bad reaction towards cream or creams. Most pre-deadeners take 45 minutes to hour to become effective and usually last 1 to two hours. Most times you can tell it is taking effect when observe a whitish coloring to the treated area making surrounding areas appear pinker than normal. On darker skin wanting to offer harder to comply with. If there is any doubt about whether the person will have reply to this procedure, ensure that i have them speak about it to their doctor before using the product, several cases of reactions have been reported by those who did not follow these guidelines.
These pre-deadeners are available to professional tattoo artists through their tattoo supplier and are not 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 the outlining is done, another type of deadener is existing. 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 in liquid, spray form or gel. Somebody sprayed on or applied to the skin once the skin is ‘broken’ your tattoo needle and may even also be tested on a small area beforehand to check the client will have no adverse problem. Again, this product is not generally available to potential fans and patrons but can be purchased by a professional tattoo artist building licensed studio. The product usually lasts 45 minutes to 1 hour per application and this is advised not to use the product more than 4 times in a 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 with the cost involved in obtaining them. Many of these deadening products have become expensive for control and because are usually 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 in regard to the tattoo experience the actual client is no longer. 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 customer comes back towards the same artist for added work, because the artist knows it will be a difficult tattoo to properly due to the continual pain vocalizations in the client, and wishing to get a complaining client to sit still. Sitting still is the number one reason some tattoos do not emerge out well. Talking on the cell phone, bringing children into the studio and paying more attention all of them than the tattoo procedure, and poor aftercare are some other reasons why a tattoo might not come out well. But, using deadeners usually lacks any effect 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