Tattoos

novella1186 · May 2015

hellosweetie1015 said:

MagicInk said:
Pain management during a tattoo tip for anyone interested. Focus on the artist's hand. The one that's holding your skin taught. Focus on the pressure of their hand and breath slowly.

When I have someone who is really nervous about the pain I tell them "Feel this right here? Feel my hand resting on you? Focus on this. Breath deep and slow and just focus on the feel of this hand". It doesn't totally take away the pain but it gives you something else to focus on.

Of course I'm also of the school of thought that if the pain is stopping you from the tattoo, you probably don't want that tattoo anyways.
Thanks for this! I usually try to bring someone who tells good stories. I ask them to tell me a crazy/funny story and that's the thing I pay attention to. It usually helps a lot.

I learned not to take on of my friends because she just stared in horror the entire time and kept asking, "does it hurt? that looks like it hurts. omg I see blood!" Ugh.

I have found my best companion in a tattoo studio is a good, engrossing book. I've gone with people before, and having more than me and the artist in there kind of stresses me out. I can chitchat with an artist but if I need a thing to focus on that isn't the person jabbing me a gajillion times, the book is much easier for me. My best times have been those when I had something to read (and was in a position I could read in).

If someone said "OMG that's blood! You're bleeding!" They would be banished. Yes, I'm being jabbed with needles, and I'm a pretty easy bleeder anyway. There is going to be blood.

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lol I did banish her. She mentioned she was hungry so I said, "Why don't you go get some food and I'll just meet up with you later."

She said, "Really? Are you sure?"

I said, "Yes, please go."

Unrelated, I'm not even friends with that person anymore. I think the beginning of the end for us was when she had a major freak-out at her 25th birthday in which she screamed at me that she was a failure in life for not being a wife yet, and the only reason she went to college was to meet a wealthy guy who would take care of her. She spent 8 years as an undergrad, all of which her parents paid out of pocket. To meet a husband.

To the bolded:

BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

And... wow. Your ex-friend is... a little excessive.

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Shocker, she's still single. And still in school lol

lachattefatale · May 2015

FiancB said:
My shoulder tattoo hurt so bad. Parts weren't bad, but going over the scapula and the shading, yeahhh. Good thing it was over pretty quickly because I was just about to tell her to stop and I'd come back later. I kept kicking my foot and she told me to knock it off. I love it though.

I had that done in OR. Apparently in MN you can't bring a friend back there with you? At least that's how it was for H when he got his. Bringing someone with is half the fun so that's a bummer. I want another, just haven't pulled the trigger.

We were admittedly a little worried about how H's uncle would react to my tattoo because he is a real dick about stuff like that. Eventually, H mentioned it to him and he said he didn't care. He also still doesn't know about H's tattoo, but that one is easier to cover up. This guy is also a real bigot in general, so I don't really give two shits about his opinion. I specifically wanted a dress that would show it off.

I'm pretty sure that just varies by shop. If anything, Oregon's tattoo regulations are more strict than Minnesota's, not less.

randomslove · May 2015

I'm covered in tattoos and happily so. My very conservative FI loves my style.

While my dress will cover much of my tattoo work (hips, thighs, foot, parts of back), I want sheer lace to show some of them a little.

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