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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 ธ.ค. 2023
- When it comes to tattoo pain, this video discusses what getting a tattoo feels like, factors influencing the pain, and personal descriptions from others, including myself.
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How would you describe what getting a tattoo feels like? Do you agree with how the others in this video describes the feeling? Leave a comment below!
Also watch this video next where we talk all about tattoo regret! th-cam.com/video/S0i00C0QAsk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=EQ2rDxsVEfFRiZ-o
As a masochist I kinda enjoy being tattooed 😅 but what I think It feels like is playing that game where ur friend scrapes your skin and wont stop till u name something alphabetically till u get to Z. So depending on how long ur artist is working on the same area, hitting a bone, so on so on. the more intense the scraping gets but it helps when ur artist moves to a meatier spot and easier to relax and enjoy the pain. It gives me this kind of self❤😂 punishment but so rewarding at the same time.
Feels like if a mosquito made a lightsaber
like a garden mosquito u mean.. lol
😂 the description
😂😂
Great one
MAN! You need to get that tattooed on you NOW!
everytime I get tattooed I'm like "why the fvck am I here again?" 🤣🤣🤣
Yooooo💀 this is so funny because it’s true
I just got my first tat 3 days ago reason I did it cause I always do something new every year I just itch to try something new.. man when he started I was like why tf do I get these random ideas why do I put myself in these situations but while that shit was hurting I was already thinking bout new ideas
Dude me too 😂
Honestly the pain of getting a tattoo is not as bad as people make it out to be.
Pain is temporary but a cool tattoo is forever
Dude you are 100% correct. I always tell people that it is not as bad as people describe it to be. The way people describe tattoo pain makes people not want to even get a tattoo in the first place 😂
TRUE!
100% man. I thought it would be much worse. I could've slept through my tats if it wasnt for the constant buzzing of the tattoo machine
Have to disagree with that, firstly the location & the size of the tattoo determines your pain threshold & the hrs your spent having it done
The first three hour session on my large Japanese rip piece was definitely the most painful tattoo I've ever gotten. When the artist pulled lines over the actual rip cage area it felt like all the muscles in my abdomen were contracting and a scalpel was being dragged across my skin. Excited to see it all finished with color in a month but absolutely dreading the pain again 😅
As someone who went on a 10hr session, this was how my mindset went:
1-2hrs: I missed this pain. Am I a masochist?
3-5hrs: getting uncomfortable
6-8hrs: wtf did i get into. I need to finish it tho.
9-10hrs: bro can you just fucking end it? I dont want them white lines. I dont care.
The timeline is 100% legit. People who say for this long can only understand 😂
Truth.
Yeh about right my friend 😅
Having had 6 spine surgeries and years and years of pain levels 5+ for over 25 years, tattoo “pain” for me is null! I have sat 5 times for sessions of 7-10 hours (all color) and had no problem. Even areas like the shins, elbow ditch, wrists, no issues for me. I do agree from watching others go through long sessions, some do start taking more breaks, or just stopping for the day as they “hit their limit” on pain.
The accuracy 😂😂 “fuck them white lines I’m dyin here”
im tatted but i still go to your videos to relive the sensation. unexplainable. Awesome vids and info man!
I love getting tattoos and oddly enough i find all the pain manageable and almost part of the tattoo addiction. The sound the smell of green soap and the process is addictive. And i have two full sleeves, full back and finishing a full chest!! Great subject! Pain is relative
I know how to hand sew. Being poked by the needle or pin a fair share of times is the same feeling getting a tattoo along with some heat and vibration here and there, at least for me. Many torn ligaments & sprains, I have high pain tolerance. Major appendectomy surgery about 3 years ago was more painful than getting the tattoo on the top of my right foot. Would have to agree 100% every1's pain tolerance is different.
pain tolerence is such a bit thing when it comes to this lol
I have a blackout sleeve and a black and grey sleeve.
To put it simply, the black and grey was a 2 - 7 on a pain scale, The longer the duration of the tattoo, the higher on the scale it went.
The blackout was a constant 6 with frequent spikes to 8-10 depending on location e.g elbow, elbow dip ( I don't know what to call it) and wrist.
For the black and grey I would describe the pain as dragging your fingernail along your skin, the harder you press equates to the longer the session.
For the blackout the only way I can describe it is "hot buzzing" which progressively gets hotter the longer you stay in that area, it's really not a fun experience to be truthful.
The key for any tattoo is to take frequent breaks and use numbing spray/cream where available (doesn't help fully but takes the edge off the pain)
The outcome of a tattoo far outweighs the pain.
THEY CALL THE "ELBOW DIP" THE DITCH. ALSO YOU HAVE A KNEE DITCH.
If you’re using numbing cream and spray, you can’t really talk on the subject.
@@YungRekless I've done it with and without
In the end the pain is worth it, one moment of pain for a lifetime of cool art
Pausing to describe the pain to me: It feels like being scratched by a cat over and over and in the same spot multiple times. I think pain tolerance is a really important part of this. Does it hurt? Of course it does. How bad? In my opinion, with a small rib tattoo, a tattoo on my lower forearm, and tattooed eyeliner, it's not that bad. Some parts of it are worse than others. I also have a lot of piercings, and I would say it's a completely different pain. Tattoos hurt more during the process itself (and I would say still not that bad) but piercings are worse after, and during the healing process. I also wanted to add that your point about experience with pain is correct, but remember that anyone who menstruates is dealing with pretty extreme pain on a regular basis. That's why (and this is documented and true) women do better on average than men when they get tattoos. I would assume that an adult woman who's menstruated for 5+ years would do better with a tattoo than a man who has broken a bone.
Vibrational burning sensation, and wiping off makes it feel even more like burning. Worst spot for me was my chest. But the sleeve on my right arm (not done yet) is not to painfull. Great videos keep up the good work✌🏻👊🏻
I have a full sleeve on my right arm. The only parts that were painful were the elbow and inside of my bicep. My artist is very chatty and talks nonstop so that definitely helps take my mind off of it. 😂 In the end you get an awesome piece of art on your body so it’s definitely worth it!!
First and recent tattoo was on my forearm. In a way, it's kind of feels like being tickled by someone with slightly sharp and pointy fingernails. And that's just doing the line work. I also had white colouring done, so it feels similar to an itch scratching the same spot on your skin multiple times. Overall, it was pretty manageable. The experience and artist was so amazing, I almost fell asleep. It really depends on where you're getting it done, the design, and if the artist is more soft or hard handed (meaning how much pressure they're putting the needle on your skin surface)
Hey Mark, i had my first tattoo Just 1 day ago and i thank you for all your videos and tips about tattoos. I got a pack of wolfes on my intern right forearm and i think It was the most painful thing of my 20 years Life. The session was long 3 hours and 30 minutes. The most painful spots were the wrist and the upper part of the forearm... They hurt so bad. Since you don't know what a cat scratch feels like i would describe the pain like the tip of a fish bait that constantly goes in and out.
P.S. Sorry if there are some grammatical errors but english isn't my firt language.
Love from Italy ❤
Definitely depends on the artist. The topic of light handed vs heavy handed really resonated with me. My first few tattoos were bold black with a more old school heavy handed tattoo artist. At that time I thought it just felt like someone was drawing on me but pushing fairly hard. As the tattoo went on it felt like drawing on a sunburn. The wiping gets me more than the actual tattooing. I got my ribs done with a different artist and expected it to hurt a lot based on what I had heard, but this artist had a much lighter hand and it really wasn’t that bad. The whites at the end kind of sucked, but the main part was easy.
Depends on design , placement and how long your sat there. I feel if haven’t sat for 6hrs plus you can’t comment.
Yeah! Everything I mentioned in this video is what you said thanks for sharing your thoughts!
I've recently been covering my legs in tattoos. Certain spots feel good, while others feel terrible. Which I found surprising. I never thought I'd say that before getting tattooed.
I've had my upper back, sternum and left arm done so far...
linework feels like a hot, vibrating knife - across fatty areas are mostly fine, but when it passes over tendons and muscles it's almost like nerves connected with make you feel pain in other areas you are not getting tattoed on (like maybe your inner elbow is being tattooed but you feel a nerve cramp/pain in your armpit). when it runs over bone it feels the worst, you feel like it must be cutting right up to the bone and the vibrations run through your other bones a bit too - getting tattooed along my spine was felt up into the base of my head. When you're younger it hurts less.
Color feels like if you had a scratch or burn and you just keep scratching it, raw, passed the point of raw even - color or I assume blackout too is a test of will when you have to go for hours. it too will give me that connected nerve feeling in other parts of my body, over tender areas like the back of the arm and inner elbow I considered to be the most painful
Black and gray shading is the nicest feeling imo - lighter and more frequent scratches, but they are spread out, applied quickly and there is less 'revisiting' to the areas to make them feel raw
It feels amazing..i luv it especially on the neck...never ending pain lol😂
I’m summary hahaha. It feels like a knife going up and down your skin breaking the skin open then going over that broken skin with the knife. But I love it 😆
Man the way you describe it Ben you would scare the crap out of anyone to get a tattoo 😂😂
@@EvolveINK 😂. Now that’s not all spots. That’s an overall summary for certain areas. Strernum, shin, inner thigh. Knee. Ditch. Shiiiiiiit those spots are the pain feeling noted above 😆 and I’m like you. After I got my leg sleeve. Debating the other. But yeah. I’m gonna do it regardless. It’s the journey to a body suit
I agree. The one that I got on the back of the left shoulder was more painful also much bigger than the one on the right side. Also that one was smaller.
Hi PETER, from uk , just a quickie. to tattoos to me feel like little electric shocks. I I enjoy your videos as well to you. I enjoy your videos on TH-cam well
I only have two so far, and I kind of like the pain. When I went in for my first, I asked my artist if anyone had just quit the tattoo and didn't finish, and he said only one person did that! I don't think it feels like cat claws, and I'm glad. My old kitten tortured me with his claws!
Getting a tattoo for the first time when I hit 18 last year and having severe anxiety I expected it would hurt truly but it didn't hurt no lie. I was surprised SO MUCH. I got it on my shoulder. It felt like someone was poking they're nail up and down.
I was tattooed this past Monday and it feels different every time. I have a full sleeve and a half sleeve on the other side. It feels like a burning laser beam to me. And even the bearable spots hurt a bunch.
Agreed to me it always just feels like a laser is burning you. It's just a burning sensation
I have one tattoo but it felt like I was continually being scratched/ a TB test where they would scratch your skin. It was irritating but I got used to it and only felt pain close to the arm bend by the inner forarm, the wrist, or when my artist had to get new ink/change machines. Not the worst pain where I got it especially as it was tolerable and I was distracted
I always say it’s more of an annoyance over all. If you’re doing the same thing over and over and over around the same area of the skin, that alone can be torture lol
Just went through my first tattoo at 35. Full shoulder blade, so about half on muscle and half on bone. Lining felt like a scalpel. 100%. Summoned images of someone cutting the design out of my skin. Shading felt like scratching a sunburn. Color felt like shading, but deeper. Easy to sit through, but it 100% changes your breathing patterns.
For me, it feels like being scraped with a white hot scalpel. But, also, as soon as it’s over… it’s over. The pain subsides very quickly, at least for me. In the grand scheme of things, a bit of pain (which passes quickly) is worth it for the sake of having artwork I’ll love for a lifetime.
I second the hot scalpel feeling.
For tattoo virgins I have my arms done and it feels like a slight burning/tickling feeling I would suggest getting your outer arms done for your first tattoo because it’s the least painful area
I just got my 4th and 5th Tattoos two weeks ago. Christmas present from my Mother 😊My youngest sister has 7 Tattoos
Very nice! What a perfect Christmas gift. What did you end up getting?
I only ever had 1 tattoo on the top of my foot. The pain was so bad I never got another tattoo and waited 15 years to have it reworked. When I got the rework I expanded it up my leg and used numbing cream just on the top of my foot. I would describe the sensation as someone taking a needle and slowly dragging it across your skin with the vibrations feeling like its skipping along, adding to the pain. It didnt seem different moving from the foot to the ankle then the shin/side of the leg, it just seemed to get less intense. As if they just weren't sticking the needle as deep.
I have pretty much my entire left arm tattooed, started with the wrist and then moved up to the shoulder. Still have some spots left, but to me the most painful areas were the wrist and the outer forearm. How I would describe the pain? To me, I would say a combination of vibrations and intense heat. But, to be honest, and after a couple of hours I get used to that feeling, and that is why I personally like longer sessions.
Btw, to me the aftercare is way more painful that the tattoo itself lol
I am having a full body tattoo atm .The right side of my body feels more pain than the left regardless of positioning. After 5 hours starts getting a little bit painful but never felt the need to tap out
When i got my forarm inner done for the first it felt like a little pokes over and over but. Then you cant even feel it as much as continuing. It felt good when i got mine and not as bad i thought it was.. im gonna get another tattoo next year on my next arm on top.
So as of right I’ve gotten 2 tattoos. One on my forearm and one on my upper arm. The upper arm one was the easiest of the two however I will say the pain is sort of indescribable. I can see why some say it feels like cat scratches but I don’t completely agree. I would lean more into getting poked and sliced but on a minimal scale. Definitely looking to read what everyone else says
I would explain tattoo pain as a razor blade being dragged across the skin. Some parts very shallow, other parts like a deep cut, but it's being done very slowly. That's exactly how it feels for me (coming from an ex-sh'r). I have a heavy black & grey "traditional Japanese dragon" sleeve that covers literally every millimeter of my arm, wrist to shoulder / shoulderblade, and the only parts that felt like absolutely Hell were the elbow ditch, a piece of the collar bone and very close to the armpit (also depends on how much shading you get done, I, for example have pure blacks in those areas which was awful, lol). And then the elbow also kinda hurt, but it just burned really bad.
It feels like (shin area) wasp 🐝 stings over and over again. I have been stung by a wasp and it feels like that. My easiest area was upper spine just below my neck ( felt like mild vibration) I almost got sleepy 🥱
i have an arm sleeve and every spot hurt for me. I’ve never been in the chair and thought it didn’t hurt. It fucking sucks but it’s worth it
Always describe the pain to others as like being in a fairly hot shower when you have sunburn. That kind of stinging pain.
Hey kev! Ya know I never heard someone describe it this way but I can totally see it. Thanks kev! Hope all is well
It sometimes depends on if it's single needle or not but it feels like heavy pressure in that spot and being poked a 100 times in a second. My most painful area was the lowest part of my back on a japanese piece,it was pretty intense.
I've been getting my "neck sleeve" done during the last couple of months and just got my throat done 2 days ago. To me it feels exactly like what it is. Needles poking at you coupled with constant skin irritation and vibration. How painful it is depends on the area and session length and overall homeostasis...
I currently only have one tattoo of the full moon without linework, just grey shading. It's located on the top part of my back, just below my neck.
Although I've already e-mailed a tattoo artist to get a nature/plant-based sleeve in colour 🌿
The way I experienced getting the tattoo was that it hurt a fair bit at first, then started to numb out & become less painful..... then he got to the spine area.... 😅 at that point I heard another guy who was getting a tattoo done at the same time asking me if I was okay xD I wasn't screaming or anything, but definitely had to clench my teeth for a bit there
hmm i cant even explain how the pain is... its manageable... i mean i have( like u) my whole sternum done and THAT WAS PAIN... i basically never feeled my handtattoo... not even on the fingers .. so i guess its different for every person
It really depends. For example, my latest tattoo, the area above the ankle hurt the most. If pain could sing, that area would be the high note.
lol yeah the ankle was terrible. Plus after you get it done, it is swollen for days lol
I really think that each person has a different type of pain feeling and especially where it hurts the most and where it hurts less .
I have a full sleeve on the left arm and recently I had a 3 hours session around my wrist and hand done . I can say that it hurt more than all the hours together I had done for my arm sleeve together .
But the Tattoo artist told me that wrist and hand hurt much because of there is nothing else than thin skin and nerves and bones . After that session was done she did just a lil bit of shading on my arm again and I can tell that compared to the wrist pain it was feeling like a light massage treatment 😂
Got my first a few days ago.
Elbow into tricep and some on the inside of my arm. Over 5 hours, and so far i think pain is waaay overblown. I fell asleep for 40mins at some point.
Scratching a sunburn feels worse
To me tattoo pain is a sharp pain, like being scratched by a cat or cut by a knife. But the intensity can vary a lot from one day to another and within the same tattoo session. Not trying to deter anyone, even at its more intense it is bearable if you know how to keep yourself calm despite pain. And far from the worst pain I have felt, but can still be somewhat intense.
It honestly feels like scraping my knee on the blacktop but more concentrated in the small spot
Only have my arms done so far, but my elbow ditch hurt the most. Inner wrist was a close second.
Inner wrist sucked for me too. lol my knee was that absolute worst for me
The best way i put it is yes, it doesn't feel great, but it's not unbearable. It's one of those things you gotta just see for yourself to fully understand
Totally agree with you. You gotta experience yourself to understand lol
I have a wrist piece, a forearm piece and I’m about to get a chest piece done. The wrist was very tingly and searing hot in places… forearm piece was just a small tickle to a small sensitive area by the wrist… I’m not looking forward to the collarbone area when I have my chest piece done…
I'd describe it like someone using a jagged piece of glass and scraping it over and over in the same spot. Strangely, the tatt I have on my lower left calf barely hurt. My most recent tatt hurt a lot but not so much because of the tatt itself but from staying in the same position for so long. By the 5th and 6th hour my arm was very heavy and sore. We took breaks and eventually, I changed positions which ended up helping a lot. In the past, I used meditation to distract myself from the pain. Most recently I focused on the music at the tattoo studio, classic rock from the 60s-80s. It was great! After we took a break for lunch they changed the playlist to current pop shite and I had to ask them if they could change it back to the original playlist, I wouldn't have lasted 5 minutes with bubblegum pop music! Fortunately, they complied. It ended up being a 7 hour sitting and I was exhausted afterwards. I have a chronic pain condition and compared to the pain I experience every day, tattoos are a cakewalk- if you can find something else to focus on it's easy to put up with the pain factor. But laying in the same position with my arm outstretched (had my lower inside forearm done) for 6 hours- was extremely painful, I should have changed positions earlier or mixed it up a bit.
Just wanted to add, I have sensory issues and the lighting in the studio was horrible! All bright, white fluroscents and everything in the store was white reflective plastic looking materials- I kept my eyes closed the whole time and just focused on the music. It was also school holidays and the studio was in a shopping centre, so there was so much noise, especially kids. I'm glad I was able to focus on the music otherwise I wouldn't have been able to last very long. But I was well and truly spent at the end of it and for the first time in my life I think this will be my last tatt, I have 7 placed in different spots, but the experience this time around has put me off getting anymore. But I absolutely love my tattoo!
I've found that the machine used by the artist can have an effect....I find the cordless machines are heavier and you can definitely feel the difference between those and the corded machines. Also I suppose it might depend a lot on the artists actual technique. I use two different artists as I love the contrast between the two styles, but one is definitely more 'heavy handed' than the other, but that I suppose is just the way it works.
An interesting topic is possibly the POST tattoo pain.....the few days afterwards when you're having to wash, moisturise carefully because everything's REALLY tender.
The most painful tattoo experience I've had has been the post process of getting my calves tattooed, when you stand up after a while sitting or laying down, and the blood tries to rush down through your constricted skin.....omg!!!
Oh yeah post tattoo pain sucks. I have been saying that healing a tattoo is far worse than getting it done lol. And you’re absolutely right, different machines also can make a tattoo hurt far more then others lol
Hey man all my tattoos are black and white and im thinking of getting a few coloured tattoos after seeing yours but i have always heard that colour ink fades pretty fast compared to black, is this a myth or is it actually real?
So there is some truth to that. Some ink pigments are known to fade or breakdown faster than others. For example yellows and reds break down faster then say a black ink. So naturally black tattoos age slower than the rest. Now with that said there are inks, tattoo machines, and more skilled artist that are making tattoos of all colors last much longer. Also a lot has to do with out you take care of your tattoos. I’ve actually made a video on this if you want to check it out? th-cam.com/video/tcJvAaLeIGY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=_kYFjQ7oe_N7Hgie
Ok so I’ve experienced labor contractions before (painful af!) so will I be ok getting a 4-5 hour session of back tattoo?
oh yeah. id say you should have a high pain tolorance lol you should be good. with that said, their is some things that you can do to help reduce the pain of getting a tattoo. i recommend checking out this video here! th-cam.com/video/I-Li3tE8vxQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=0ou3ByBYjRIvvQ6U
I think everyone is different. Everyone's pain thresholds are so different. I recently sat for 3 days back to back to back on my chest (including full saturation of both areolas(22hours overall) and had no worries. Some people would have sat for a few hours and tapped out. Only way to really know is to get it done yourself in the area you wanna know about. The only way
Also had a lot to do with the type of tattoo (style), needle size etc...i get tattooed with a large 49 mag all the time .. maybe I've got used to it
I would say it varies, depending on the area, depending on the depth, even depending on the tattooer. But as an average, I would say scratching and flame thrower after 4-5hrs, concentration is definitely important as hell.
Feels like a slow cat scratch in some areas. Others it feels like a bad sunburn. On my wrist bone, it felt itchy from the vibration, but no pain. But the longer the session goes, it just feels raw.
Feels like getting scratched by a cat with sunburn. Just got my sleeve touched up last night, its kinda therapeutic in a weird way lol
It's funny, tattoo pain sucks, especially in certain areas. I recently got an arm sleeve done and after the inner arm was done I said I don't think I want my other arm done. A few months later and I'm already wondering what I'll do with my other sleeve. 😅
It felt like a thumbtack being gently dragged across my calf
I have anxiety so I can't handle the pain of getting a tattoo for more then 4-5hrs @ a time. Different places feel different. My worst so far have been my fingers. Got 9 on 1 hand in about an hour. They burn like thousands of papercuts, so the pain is tolerable but the burning is the bad part. By the time we were in the 9th finger tattoo my hand was involuntary shaking due to the constant burning pain.
Like a really bad sunburn. my elbow and bicep where the worst. for my the sleeve on my arm, my first sitting was 8 hours. I went home and had the shakes and was cold like i had a flue bug
My 2 inner bicep tattoo was the worst fir pain as they were leaning on my arm to move the skin. Outer arm is easier than your inner arm. Also my arms started going numb which made it worse.
I have to laugh, because my very first tattoo tickled. That was on my upper arm. All the others did kinda hurt to certain degrees. My blackout tattoo didn't bother me to much until my artist was almost done. I almost tapped out, but I hung in there when she said I only had a dime size area left.
I had a artist do my dragon on my shoulder and he was heavy handed it came out super nice but he was wayyyy to heavy handed was not used to it my arm was sore for like 3 days. My normal artist is super light handed and i never have issues with heavy handedness with her. When she did my arm wrap above my elbow it hurt but wasnt nearly as bad as the dragon.... best to say im sticking with my nornal artist
I got a tattoo and it was just like a tingle but it was on my upper chest. What is ur thought on getting Anesthesia.
when I got the elbow done, the skin on the top of my head started prickling ... it was such a funny feeling
😂 I know what you mean. The connecting nerves feel so weird. When I was getting my wrist done, it felt like my chest was twitching. Lol
I am in the middle of the beginning of a right arm sleeve from shoulder to first knuckles. It's a Shin Godzilla forms 1 to 5 plus its fallen flesh, if ya know, ya know...LOL. It's also got traditional Japanese elements like one form is a Koi-type rendering. I'm getting it by John Reardon at his shop Greenpoint Tattoo Shop in Brooklyn. I've now been tattooed on almost every inch of my right arm with just the outline so far. WHICH is incredibly detailed. At this point we've done one 5 hour and one 3 hour session. We will do the hand dead last.
The sensation to ME is like electricity. It has that vibration you speak of with just a HINT of "spark" feeling. The pain is more intense around any bones/joints. It can briefly feel really bad BUT just for short durations...BECAUSE SO FAR it's just line work. I expect the color/black work will be more challenging.
I try to keep the pain outside my focus. When something starts to hurt I NEVER let it in to the center of my consciousness. It's just pain, not life-ending physical damage.
Just remember that the pain is temporary and any acute discomfort like, "ARE YOU CUTTING MY ARM OFF?!?!" passes quickly. Don't let it in your head. (You can always bribe yourself with a steak dinner or something else to look forward to after your session! Then focus on that.)
I can attest for the duration pain. You’d think the forearm/elbow ditch wouldn’t be bad, and it wasn’t about 6 hours in but hour 9 and 10 man my body was at its limits.
lol once you end up getting around the 5 hour mark, it starts to really ware down the body. Tattoo sessions are a rollercoaster
When I was a kid I was allergy tested. They poked me thousands of times on my back with a needle and put drops of potential allergens in the wounds. I just got my first tattoo and it's on my upper back. It felt just like that but with an odd vibration that caused an odd sensation up and down my spine. It wasn't too bad.
I won't even pretend to be tough. I have my right arm completely sleeved from arm pit to wrist and it feels like the needle is going hallway through my arm instead of just barely going into the skin. I can handle the first couple of hours ok but after one of my sessions of 7 hours I was over it for sure. The arm pit and inner bicep area was the worst by far.
I hear you Allen lol. As the sessions goes on, the more painful it gets. It’s terrible
I have approximately two dozen tattoos and only one of them I would describe as unpleasantly "painful" done by a very heavy handed artist. I actually enjoy being tattooed. Yes, I haven't sat for over four hours in a session and I have an extremely high pain tolerance, but I do find pain is relative. The pain from my Chronic Lyme disease is so much worse. And with tattoos as with childbirth (not super painful for me either), you have something wonderful for that "pain". Also I have 30 piercings and only one was painful enough for me to say "ouch". Funny enough it was my first nostril piercing on the left side. The second one on my left side wasn't painful at all. Of course the healing process of a few were not a lot of fun, especially the anti-tragus.
When people ask me what it feels like I say either a continuous cat scratch or a cigarette burn…. Closer to bone is pain plus vibration. 😅
It's dumb things we do, but we do it eventually 🤣
It was not a pleasant feelings ,, but you will be addicted with the pain afterwards.
I need to make a video about the addiction of tattoos. Because it is something everyone experiences but nobody talks about. Tattoo addiction is reallllll
had my first tattoo 3 days ago, he told me it would most likely be a 4 hour piece, ended up being 10 hours and holy shit by the 6 hour mark my arm felt violated, shading is insanely painful especially on the wrist or near the inside elbow area.
First tattoo 10 hours?!? You’re a mad man Tom 😂 what did you end up getting?
We had a smoke break every couple of hours just to reset lol. Its a character from the manga Vagabond, we were gonna go a smaller size but when he said he would do the bigger size for the same price we went with that. Currently peeling slightly and itching occasionally but i think its healing well aha@@EvolveINK
I think I used to describe tattoo pain as a constant bee sting but now I just tell people:
" It's exactly how it sounds, needles stabbing you at 200 times per second " lol
I've only had them on my under forearms and tricep but that pain isn't bad at all. closer to the wrist is painful
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Eyy people's pain tolerance are different so the descriptions vary from its alright to ouch to ow my entire (area of body) feels paralysed or something like that.
The outline feels like a razor blade going over your skin, the shading felt like a cigarette lighter going over my skin.
that is one way of describing it. i always love how people can describe the feeling so different.
For me it feels like a burning feeling? Have 13 separate tattoos as well as have been working on a full sleeve. Each spot has felt different most painful so far for me was my calf and shin wrist and elbow ditch so far. Least painful was inner right in between the ankle and knee.
The ankle is nooooo joke. It was terrible lol. Plus the healing took sooooooo long
@@EvolveINK I didn’t find eather of my ankle tattoos to be to bad for me I’m sorry it was horrible for you
What do u think about smoking weed before getting a tattoo I know drinking isn't good to do before getting ink but what do you think about weed or shrooms before you get ink
Tattoo feel like a vibrating hot scalpel. My most painful spot was the calf.... Oh my
Feels like being cut with a razor blade but it goes away when they stop. I've only ever sat at one time for maybe 3 hours though. I want more but am a little freaked out because it's been well over ten years.
I like to get a portrait of my late female friend who passed away 6 years ago. I did get one tat on wrist and may just settle with her name instead 😉
I'm sorry for your loss. It's beautiful that you want to get something to represent her. May I suggest something? Instead of her name or a portrait, perhaps consider something that reminds you of her. A special place you both frequented or something that encapsulates a core memory you shared. I believe this approach could be wonderful and foster meaningful conversations. Moreover, it would likely enhance the sentimental value of your tattoo.
I just got my first tattoo last month, in the inside part of the arm which they say it's painful because how thin the skin is there... it did not hurt at all. I love the feeling
You’re a rare type of person 😂 for me both inner biceps were terrible lolp
@@EvolveINK I have never been afraid of needles. I have had several microneedling and laser sessions on the face. So I believe I've built up quite a tolerance to pain. The sensation does give me a 'high'.
I got both my outer biceps done and both felt more like hot cat scratches for the most part. My Miles Morales part of my Spider-Verse sleeve was 4 hours and my Black Parade piece on my other arm was an hour and a half but neither really morphed into anything more painful than that. Even my Doc Ock piece on the back of my bicep wasn't more than that but it left me more fatigued. My Spider-Gwen Piece on my inner bicep though was maybe the worst pain I've ever experienced (and I've broken my hand). That was 5 torturous hours of what felt like 10 scalpels scraping and slicing up my arm over and over. That said we can all agree the wiping of the area with the alcohol soaked paper towel after 2 hours feels like being scrubbed by the grittiest sandpaper lol.
Been getting tattooed since 2020 & I don’t feel anything at all anymore😂😅
I wish that was the case. I been getting tattooed for 11 years. Most times it sucks, sometimes not so much. But I definitely always feel something 😂
i got my whole chest done, it had a stinging sensation going closer to the armpit.
ugh you just brought me back...i remember getting my chest done. anywhere near the armpit was absoulutely terrible lol
I had 3 day sessions on my arm, i’ll describe the pain as pinching my self hard. I got tattoed for 5 hours each session and 3 days in a row. The last hour on the last day, finishing up with the white That was painful
When I got my inner wrist done it felt like someone put a knife on the stove til it got red hot then slowly poked it in the skin and dragged it across my skin trying to rip apart my wrist my entire arm other than the inner wrist didn’t hurt felt like he was using a vibrator pen and talking dirty to me
It sounds exaggerated but I can see where you’re coming from lol. Where would you say is your most painful area?
id say like having a sunburn and dragging a narrow object across it.
Yeah sunburn is like the closest thing to it
For me, getting a tattoo feels like super intense pins and needles concentrated in one spot.
The beginning stages feel like that one kid drumming with their mechanical pencil at school suffering a psychotic episode where they believe they are Michael Myers, that suddenly they get up and stab you multiple times with it, but because their power level is under 9000 it starts out as little light pokes. Move on to the 4-6 hour mark and suddenly it begins to feel like shaving with an overly used bad cheap guillete razor with little to no shaving cream on a spot that barely has any hairs and your continuing to shave despite already suffering razor burns and irritation.
Most painful spots so far for me were in my right underarm close to the armpit as my skin was very tender and we got to about 6 straight hours. Apart from that the wrists have always felt more like actual stabbing or nails/claws being driven into the skin.
To me linework feels like getting cut with a knife and shading feels like getting poked with a thorn
I don't mind if someone asks me about the pain of my tattoo experiences. I do warn them that my experience may not be theirs. I have all American Traditional with solid colour packed. The artist has nearly 20 years experience in that style and is well known in my area as one of the best. He does it right. But it is variable. The last one I got hurt a bit more than the others. It was on the inner forearm and it hurt more than the other inner forearm. He told me he had used a different machine. So, body part to part, machine to machine, artist to artist...if you're tired. It all makes a difference. How would I describe the feeling on the forearm pieces I have? I found it kind of soothing. A few spots felt to me exactly how I envisioned it. A needle poking me. I wasn't surprised by the sensation and it didn't really hurt except around the old wrist and ditch areas. Maybe I would feel differently on other parts but, frankly, I don't really intend to get them elsewhere.
I think it hurts. All of it. Its a distinct feeling. Side and knee were the worst for me. Sleeves aren't bad. Parts of my chest felt horrible immediately. 😂
After 8 1/2 to 9 hours on the back of my right calf. Behind my knee , it felt like being slashed with a razor blade , but usually it's like Sanding a burn for the constant rubbing. And Cat scratch or something sharp scratching a sunburn. Most painful was an ingrown hair on my knee after eight hours on my shin. Tattoos are about the art work so you can always use numbing. Just not on your first time so you know what it is to be tattooed.
i never heard of someone discribe it as a ingrown hair on the knee 😂🤣 always run to see how others describe the feeling
@@EvolveINK I had an ingrown hair where I was getting tattooed on my knee period it wasn't that it felt that way. It was that I was literally getting tattooed on an ingrown hair.
I will say I give birth with pain and this is different but the thing is breathing helps and concentrates on other things but I only have few pieces