Some tattoo artists will say no. Others will say yes. There are many 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 the pain you go through to find tattoo. This is fairly outdated way of considering.
Many factors play into how much a tattoo will hurt. One essential aspect 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. 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. Feet 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 huge normal woman’s pain tolerance usually higher than a man’s. Women who have given birth usually tolerate pain better than ladies who have not been through childbirth.
Additionally, if you have now several tattoos, guess what happens to expect and have become more immune to the feeling of having a tattoo anyone have had to be able to feel what it feels like to obtain a tattoo and now you can convince your body that the pain is not that bad, because you’ve survived it prior to when. 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 developing a tattoo needle pierce their skin 3,000 times a minute. But, be careful where those small tattoos go. Inside of 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 lots of untouched skin around it tends noticable that small tattoo look even reduced. And, if sometime in the future you decide to request a partial or full sleeve or leg piece, you’ve simply it more tough to design around that tiny tattoo smack dab in center 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 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 make sure the person receiving the pre-deadener is not going to possess a bad reaction on the cream or lotion. Most pre-deadeners take 45 minutes a minimum of one hour to become effective and usually last 1 to two hours. Most times you can tell it is taking effect when view a whitish coloring to the treated area making the surrounding areas appear pinker than normal. On darker skin this is harder to comply with. If there is any doubt about whether the person will have a reaction 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 around for professional tattoo artists through their tattoo supplier and are not generally available to the public. These pre-deadeners are designed to get 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 with liquid, spray form or gel. May possibly be sprayed on or applied to epidermis once the skin is ‘broken’ your tattoo needle and need to also be tested on a small area beforehand to make sure of the client can have no adverse reaction. Again, this product is not generally available to the islands but can be purchased by a professional tattoo artist building licensed studio. There have been usually lasts 45 minutes to 60 minutes per application as well as its advised not added with the product more than 4 times in a sitting with a client to avoid heart palpitations, and other unpleasant side experiences.
Some artists don’t offer these deadeners saying it causes the tattoo to heal poorly. Others refuse to offer them because with the cost involved in obtaining them. Most of these deadening products can expensive for small amounts and because are usually sometimes in alcohol or witch hazel bases, they always evaporate quickly and never have a long shelf life. Clients usually don’t realise that their tattoo artists will talk about the tattoo experience once the 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 same artist for lots more work, because the artist knows it’ll be a difficult tattoo to excel due to the actual pain vocalizations on the client, and making an attempt to get a complaining client to sit still. Sitting still is the number one reason some tattoos do not churn out 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 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