Where do tattoos hurt the most? Following is a human body pain chart outlining the most painful places to get tattooed as described by our readers. Does it hurt to tattoo your forearm? Damn straight, all tattoos hurt or smart a little, depending on your tolerance but following we will show you the areas that those of all fortitudes absolutely believe to hurt the most with a little more specificity than our list of Most Painful Places to Get Tattooed.
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Pain here can be severe. Also, every time you breathe, you move your rib cage and the skin above it, which can make the feeling of being tattooed here much more intense. Your ankle bones and shinbones lie just beneath thin layers of skin, making it very painful to be tattooed in these areas. Ankle and shin tattoos usually cause severe pain. Your groin is filled with nerve endings that can be irritated by tattoo needles. Pain here can be high to severe.
Your elbows and kneecaps are areas where your bones lie just beneath your skin. Vibrations caused by tattooing over bone can cause high to severe pain. This is another part of the body where you may experience severe pain when being tattooed.
The area behind your knees has loose, stretchy skin with many nerve endings. These characteristics make this area very sensitive to tattoo needles. Because your hip bones lie just below your skin, getting hip tattoos can cause severe pain. This is especially true if you are very thin and have less fat around your hips to cushion your hip bones. Neck and spine tattoos are known to be among the most painful tattoos because the neck and spine are very sensitive areas.
Like the neck, your head, face, and ears contain many nerve endings that can be irritated during a tattoo and may cause severe pain.
The skin on and around your lips is generally loose with lots of nerve endings. A tattoo on your lips will almost certainly cause severe pain, and could lead to bleeding, swelling, and bruising. The tops and insides of the hands and feet, as well as fingers and toes, are popular places to be tattooed. Being tattooed anywhere on your hands and feet can cause severe pain.
The skin here very thin, and it contains numerous nerve endings that can trigger pain when hit by a tattoo needle. People with higher body weights tend to have looser skin on their stomachs than people with lower body weights. A person with tighter skin over their stomach is likely to experience less pain than a person with looser skin in this area. While the muscle inside your inner bicep can reduce the amount of pain of getting tattooed in this area, the skin here tends to be soft and loose.
Pain in these areas will be low to moderate. This part of the body is well padded with fat and has few nerve endings. The upper outer thigh is one of the least painful places to get a tattoo, with pain low to low-moderate in most people. Tattoos on the forearms usually cause a low to low-moderate amount of pain.
Mental focus is essential, so practice meditation and relaxation techniques that will help you breathe and remain still when the pain becomes difficult to manage. Ultimately, the best thing to do before your tattoo appointment is to not overthink it. Consider bringing headphones so you can listen to music to zone out or talking with the artist to distract yourself.
Discussing the steps as they occur and asking the artist about their technique can help you take your mind off of the pain. In the end, you'll have a much better tattoo if you can remain still and at ease during the process. While it may be tempting to try to dull the pain with a drink, you can't get a tattoo while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. This means you'll need to deal with the pain of a tattoo naturally or use a non-blood thinning OTC painkiller like Tylenol.
Velvet also recommends getting plenty of rest and eating an adequate meal before your tattoo appointment, explaining that the body needs extra energy and nutrients to withstand the process. Plus, getting a tattoo on an empty stomach can leave you feeling nauseous.
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