@themindfultattooist: How much do #tattoos hurt? Good info if you're considering your #firsttattoo! If you already have tattoos, what was the hardest placement for you? And if you have any more questions you might want me to feature in my "uncomfortable tattoo truths" series, let me know in the comments! #tattooartist #finelinetattooartist #rosesandrivets805 #santapaula #venturacounty
So a general question, does the painless tattoo creams help?
2025-07-20 17:16:05
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Leslie J Moss :
If I’m on my period it all hurts more. Also for me if I eat gluten the days before it’s also worse. I’m gluten intolerant. Back of my thigh was worst spot for me.
2025-07-25 02:19:22
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Cynthia McKelvey :
The artist who was most concerned with my pain levels and kept checking in was also the person with the gentlest hand by far! She was very sweet. Starting a sleeve w/ a diff artist this week and I’m nervous!
2025-08-19 21:21:48
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Gigi_SC :
Hell yes they hurt. But, not enough to stop me from getting them. 😊
2025-07-20 03:58:17
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Bill Miller :
I always say it feels like a rope burn.
2025-07-22 03:26:42
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Fractured Hour :
oh those dry wipes haunt me!
2025-07-20 00:58:12
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Lemmy :
Love your helpful insights
2025-07-29 00:12:28
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Mel B :
Is numbing cream worth it?
2025-07-23 12:39:57
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lepetiteverdeant :
I have my forearm done. It was 3.5 hours and i was always terrified of getting tattoos. It was nothing. I’m also adhd.
2025-07-20 01:16:19
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ELIOTross666 :
Collar bone is painful
2025-07-20 04:24:22
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Sewshegardens :
Have a good size piece on my leg with leaves going onto my foot and the ball of my ankle. It was so painful I nearly had to stop. And I’m pretty heavily tattooed, never considered having an artist stop until that piece.
2025-07-26 04:52:18
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Yvonne 🥐 Sellers :
It hurts. But it puts me to sleep. Every single time. If I’m not sleeping, I am at least yawning trying to stay awake.
2025-08-14 00:08:57
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Mimi :
my ankle made me do lamaze but my forearm is didn't feel a thing
2025-09-02 07:42:50
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Naomi :
Short term pain, forever art.
2025-09-09 14:20:39
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at_st4 :
I have two tattoos. Both of them are in the same spot, below my waist on the outside of my hip, one of the right and one on the left. One hurt and the other one was uncomfortable. The one that hurt was larger and a completely different color. It’s red and black. The colors are deep and I thought maybe that was why. I had never given much thought to whether the artist was happy handed. That could be it was two different artists.
2025-07-23 11:31:22
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kimber :
can you talk about older skin.
2025-07-31 21:25:09
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Call me Jay, Jace, or Jason :
I suffer from chronic pain syndrome, so I literally think it’s soothing. I have 25 tats, and only had a couple spots that were uncomfortable. But it’s mind over matter when it does hurt a little.
2025-07-20 03:57:11
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EZ :
I love getting tattoos but I hate getting tattooed
2025-07-23 02:01:11
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JunkKat1313 :
it hurts, but I like the rush of endorphins that kick in that help cope with the pain. as someone with ADHD, it lets my brain focus on the sensation of the needles as they work and it's almost like I can meditate on that feeling to stay connected to the here and now.
2025-09-16 10:41:13
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Greg :
Should you take a painkiller in advance?
2025-08-31 22:15:19
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Amber 🦮🐕🦺 :
I got vibrant color with a heavy handed artist on my inner bicep. I did not put together until after we started that it was perfectly along the nerve I had damaged in shoulder surgery. Worst hour at a tattoo shop 😭 it's beautiful but I hope I never have to get a touch up
2025-07-20 05:36:23
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Melissa Wells :
Yes they hurt! You know what hurts worse? The wipe afterwards!
2025-09-08 22:47:14
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K. Rey :
Just got 2 more today, yep they hurt but it's a good hurt and one way I deal with trauma.
2025-07-20 04:53:49
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Eli | Picture This .VS🪽 :
It does feel good for me, but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt. In fact it feels good because it hurts, it is the closest thing to meditation i have ever achieved. It allows me to focus on a single intense feeling, creating the illusion of calm in my otherwise chaotic autistic mind.
2025-09-09 17:16:24
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