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 alter.
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 This is quite outdated way of thought process.
Many factors play into how much a tattoo will hurt. One important factor is where the tattoo will be located onto your body. Areas such like 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. An individual 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 makes a normal woman’s pain tolerance usually higher than a guys. Women who have given birth usually tolerate pain better than women who have not been through childbirth.
Additionally, if you have already several tattoos, do you know what to expect and also become more protected from the feeling of getting a tattoo because you have had the opportunity to feel what it feels like to get a tattoo and now you can 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 advisable to pick smaller designs and put them in less painful areas until they become used for the feeling of developing a tattoo needle pierce their skin 3,000 times a few moments. But, be careful where those small tattoos go. The actual tattoo business, outer arms and upper backs, as well as calves from 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 to make that small tattoo look even tinier. And, if sometime in the future you decide for your partial or full sleeve or leg piece, you’ve just be it more tough 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 put 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 small area first to the person receiving the pre-deadener is not going to have a bad reaction to the cream or ointment. Most pre-deadeners take 45 minutes to a single 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 is actually a harder to observe. If there is any doubt about whether the person will have step to this procedure, make sure to have them talk to their doctor before using the product, several cases of reactions have been reported by those that did not follow these guidelines.
These pre-deadeners are around for professional tattoo artists through their tattoo supplier and are not generally available to the public. These pre-deadeners are designed in order to use 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 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 epidermis once the skin is ‘broken’ from the tattoo needle and could also be tested on a small area beforehand to check the client can have no adverse responses. Again, this product is not generally available to men and women but can be purchased by a professional tattoo artist your licensed studio. Are already usually lasts 45 minutes to an hour per application and it is advised not the following the product higher 4 times inside a sitting with litigant to avoid heart palpitations, and other unpleasant side effects.
Some artists don’t offer these deadeners saying it triggers the tattoo to heal poorly. Others refuse to offer them because for this 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 evaporate quickly and won’t have a long shelf life. Clients usually don’t find that their tattoo artists will talk towards the tattoo experience your 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 the client comes back on the same artist for further work, because the artist knows it is going be a difficult tattoo to prosper due to the continual pain vocalizations on the client, and suitable get a complaining client to sit still. Sitting still is 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 all of them than the tattoo procedure, and poor aftercare are other reasons why a tattoo might not come out well. But, using deadeners usually doesn’t have any effect located on the quality of the tattoo or the healing process after.
The Wave tattoo studio
Carrer dels Assaonadors, 24, 08003 Barcelona, Spain
+34 603 30 76 87