Five Painful Places to Get a Tattoo

I have 2 tattoos and absolutely love them both. One is 5 yrs old, the other 3 yrs old, and I've never regretted them for a second. I gave them lots of thought and planning, I waited a year with a design in mind before getting each one. It's definitely something that shouldn't be taken lightly, it is permanent and requires care while it heals. I work in a very large corporate office, so I chose to have both in places not visible during work. My 2nd one is a 3 leaf celtic clover (with the knots) between my shoulders, center upper back region. It's simple and elegant and I love the idea of how it's going to look in my wedding pictures (whenever I actually get married.) Both of my tats are very meaningful and personal, I'm of Scot/Irish heritage, thus the traditional clover. I have had SO many compliments on it from random strangers, my mom LOVES it, and my even my dad (who is very conservative) sorta likes it, which is pretty amazing coming from him. The area over my spine hurt, but it was never unbearable and I don't have a high pain tolerance. Everyone should research their artist and shop, check out people who've had tats done there. And of course, think it through!

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to knucklesswitch:

Why do find it so hard to believe that poeple that get more than one tattoo have an angry issues. I have two, my husban has just one-but it is large and it happens to be Grime Reaper. We are both normal people with No Anger Issues. We are taking our daughter and our niece in for their first tattoos.
You need to gain a better prespective, dump your out dated ideas of people. I got my first tattoo -cause my grandfather had two. The Queen of Hearts and the Ace of Spades-he was 85 when I git my first one-he was so proud that I did this. Thanks for your comment, but next time keep it to yourself.

I have over 20 tattoos!!!! I am 36 yrs old and started getting mine in 2006. The only one that really hurt were my feet!! I love tattoos!!!!!!!

Last year I had gotten 4 tattoos within 1-1/2 month. I love them all. Never pictured myself with any, till my husband pasted away in 2006 and my oldest daughter said about getting one in memory of him. That totally surprised me my daughter wanted to get one. So went together and got them. I loved it so much. I love how he did it for me to remember the man I loved so much. I had that one put on the left side of my chest next to my heart. It didnt hurt like I thought it would. Two weeks later had my daughters names done on each ankle...didnt hurt at all. Two weeks after that I had one done for myself. A beautiful butterfly with tribal around it done on my back. That one hurt pretty much. But I would do it all again. And it all started with my daughter saying about getting one done for her dad that she loved so much.

I have 8 tattoos in varous places (neck, upper back, mid-back, inside each ear, each wrist and ankle). Each decision was weighed very carefully and there was a cost associated with some that had nothing to do with paying for the tattoo. I decided my love for tattos was more imporatnt thatn the job I had and took an initial pay cut to work somewhere my ink wouldn't be an issue.

Despite what TV portrays, many lawyers and accountants do not want an executive assistant with visible ink, no matter how good you are. Regardless, tattoos are my decision. I don't vare if my work is a "turn-ff" to a guy. If it is...he isn't the guy for me, so no harm no foul.

I agree that the elevel of pain s dependent on the person. I have a low hreshold but found that the inside of my ears hurt the least...my neck tattoo wraps around to just before my ears and that little sppor was the worst.

My only regret s my ankle tattoo becasue I was young (21...) and it was my first. I wa nprepared so it is a dolphin but no water! The regret is not the tattoo itself but the fact that it isn't finished. Someday I will go back and put a beauifu ocean scene behind it.

I have several tatt's and only regret 2, I got them when I was 15 years old by a friend "inspiring" to be an artist and but them on my hands. I am 35 a mother of 3 and now wish I didn't have those 2 tatt's. Some employer's don't like visable tatt's and I once missed out on a job I really wanted because of the 2 on my hand's. I love my other one's though and want more but now I know I am more selective on what I want and where it goes.

She had me @ 38 year old mother

Klee1: depends on the amount of color, and the size. Ask your tattoo artist. don't be shy. They can range from 85 dollars up to and over 500 dollars. YOu can design your own, or give the artist an idea of what you want and they can design one for you. Just make sure you think it through and make sure it is something you really want. Or you might regret it!

to piggyback on the comment below..... tattooing is a form of self expression. be it anger, ego, what-have-you. so what! the problem is people who judge other people by the way they look or express themselves - fashion or lack-there-of. just be. m'kay?

My husband is a tattoo artist and is completely covered in them, I love all of his art - it's a story of his life and even after all the time we've been together I still get caught up in looking at them. About the pain, each person is different, it all just depends on how your nerve bundles run and your pain tolerance. As far as people making rude comments about tattoos being trashy and what-not, he tattoos priests, cops, lawyers, executives, teachers, etc. That is no restriction on your profession or class in life when it comes to tattoos. I myself am a Purchasing Agent/Import Officer for a large company and work in a very professional environment. Yet I have 5 tattoos myself and many more planned AND a husband that is covered. Do not judge for the beauty we choose to show on the outside, but rather for the love and respect we present to the world.

Peachie
That MUST be some family portrait !