Should I Be Worried About Getting A Tattoo?

The question that is always on peoples minds when they think about tattoos is - will it hurt? There are two different factors that will affect the answer to this, and they are where you have it done on your body and who you have it done by.

Most people say that body art will sting based on the spot where it is located. Spots that are surrounded by a lot of fat are usually much less painful. For instance, tattoos on the backside are usually not as painful to get. Having it done over somewhere where there is a lot of bone near the surface is the worst place to have it done, or sensitive areas.

If you are worried about it hurting then two locations you can trust are the upper arm and the bottom of the leg, getting them in these locations should minimise any discomfort.

One thing to remember is that even if you have a perfect tattoo and it doesn't hurt a bit, if you don't look after it then it will probably be painful anyway! It is an open wound and you need to look after it like anything else or it can get infected and then you will in trouble.

If you do not moisturise the area intensively then you may get scabs forming on your new tat. You want to try and avoid this wherever possible because if you accidentally pull one of those scabs off it can wreck your tattoo. Your artist can advise you how best to look after your new tat.

You may do everything right though and still get an infection, this would be the artists fault in that case. Getting a tattoo splits the skin and makes it open to infection, so if the parlor is not clean, or heaven forbid, they reuse needles, then you stand the chance of picking up and infection. The only way to prevent this is to scope out the place before you commit to anything. Try and ask if you can watch someone else first. That way you get to see if they are using fresh needles and taking good care before you put yourself in the hotseat.

Some inks are made from weird things, you need to be careful as if you are allergic to certain things then having it basically injected into you will not do you any good. Check with the parlour what type of inks they use (cheap inks may be dangerous to you) before you start.

So in conclusion then having a tattoo is not really that painful, as long as you follow my advice and have it done in a reasonable area with some fat or muscle to protect you and take some basic precautions with who you use. If you do all that then you should have a very good experience.