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Originally Posted by Breny  Thanks for all your info! We did go and look at their portfolio already and they are a reputable place which is good!!!!
I'm thinking of getting it on my arm where there is some meat  Will that hurt less? |
i can't post pics as i'm at work, but i have one on my lower back (large tribal), the back of my neck, and on the inside of my left wrist.
the one on my back was ok, but out toward the hips was somewhat more painful.
my neck is sensitive, so that one hurt.
the wrist is a small, tan colored, kanji lettering for "Raven." a japanese friend of mine says it actually says, "Ra-wyen" but that's as close of a translation as he thinks i could have gotten.
no one even knows it's there or is a tattoo. it resembles a small scar. it was my husband's idea to do a color that was more of a skin tone. i'm glad he suggested that.
i also put it on my left wrist since i'm right handed and tend to wear my watches and bracelets on that side.
i have heard for armbands (especially if you are ticklish) that it can be fairly painful. and anywhere there is mostly bone such as the top of your foot (very sexy) or ribcage is difficult.
in my professional writing class i did a whole paper on tatts and did a survey and everything.
also, research "freedom2ink" which is a new type of ink that is more easily removeable if you ever do change your mind.
try to pick something not super detailed because the ink does spread.
my concern was to place it somewhere i thought i could hide it. the one on my neck is not so easily hidden as i thought when i got it. i normally prefer my hair up...but luckily i work at a pretty cool place where it doesn't matter if it shows.
i was thinking about getting one on my arm and a friend of mine got some special tattoo paper from office depot (or something) and downloaded a pic of the tatt i wanted and gave the temps to me as a funny gift.
i put one on my arm...that was ok, but now i realize it's a bold place.
i put one smaller on my foot and i loved that. my husband has a foot tattoo and i think it's GreAt!
maybe i should have put one on my ribs as i think that is the next large, logical place for the tattoo i'm thinking of. (i have one tattoo in mind, a medusa by boris vallejo that i've wanted for at least 6 years. i just want to find the perfect artist and perfect place).
don't drink and don't take asprin before as they make you bleed more. (maybe alleve or ibuprof...)
and remember: once you have that first one, it's so much easier to want another!!