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I have been contemplating getting some sort of tattoos but haven't decided what to do and don't want to be impulsive on it
EDIT:I have been contemplating for 5 years so far
EDIT:I have been contemplating for 5 years so far
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A tattoo would be neat, but...
A. I'm not sure where I'd get one on me
B. I'm very scared of needles
C. I'm concerned about what it will look like when I get old and gross
I've been considering it for a while but reason C is the big reason I don't think I'd go through with it
If I did end up getting one I'd get a hermit crab or a tarantula or some other creepy crawly
A. I'm not sure where I'd get one on me
B. I'm very scared of needles
C. I'm concerned about what it will look like when I get old and gross
I've been considering it for a while but reason C is the big reason I don't think I'd go through with it
If I did end up getting one I'd get a hermit crab or a tarantula or some other creepy crawly
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I've always thought those looked nice. I'm a little grossed out by labret plugs, though
You can negate C by getting it on an area of your body that isn't prone to sag/wrinkling/whatever, like your shoulder (either arm or back).
I love tattoos and I have two (one just above my hip and one on my wrist), but there are a few things holding me back from getting more:
1. The big one is that the job I eventually want requires I testify in court cases as an expert and juries don't take testimony from people with visible tattoos nearly as seriously as they do from someone 'professional' looking. I don't want to fuck up someone's court case because I like ink. So why not get them in places that won't be visible? Because...
2. I get my tattoos for me, so I want to be able to see them. I don't want to have to use a mirror to see my tattoos, but they have to be easily covered by work clothes so it severely limits my choices.
3. I'll admit it - the pain.
I made a bit of a mistake by having my first tattoo be a fairly large and photo-realistic piece. My tattoo artist warned me that I might be allergic to ink because of my fair skin and Irish/Scottish heritage, but since he said it's mainly redheads who are allergic and I'm not actually a redhead I thought I'd be okay.
My first session was booked for about 4 hours and I was told I'd need multiple sessions to complete the tattoo, owing to the photo-realism. The first hour and a half was okay. Not too bad, really, but then it began to hurt. A lot. It felt like being cut with a scalpel over and over in the same place. My artist had offered me numbing cream a few times and I'd declined, but once it began to hurt like hell I caved in and he applied it. It would work really well for about 5-10 minutes, but by then it would be completely worn off and it would hurt like fuck again.
In any case, I managed to survive four hours under the needle. My tattoo was wrapped up and I went home. This one was above my hip/on my side, so I felt it every time I moved my torso.
The problem was, the pain didn't subside. It kept hurting like hell, to the point where I couldn't even apply the cream properly to it because it was too painful to touch. I (wrongly) assumed it was normal and just tried to keep it clean, but my skin was having a massive reaction to the ink because - you guessed it - it turns out I'm allergic to ink. I really should have gone with the hypoallergenic ink.
It did heal and thankfully didn't ever get infected, but because of the allergy it had excessive scabbing and I lost a HUGE amount of ink. The tattoo was only about 1/3 done anyway, so you can imagine how shit a patchy, 1/3rds finished photorealistic tattoo looks.
The pain and allergy had been so severe that I just couldn't bring myself to go under the needle to fix the ink loss or finish the tattoo. It actually took me about 5 years to work up the courage to get another tattoo. My second one is just a few characters on my wrist (with hypoallergenic ink) that only took about 20 minutes, hardly hurt and healed like a dream.
One day I'll get the tattoo finished and have the damage parts fixed, but it will be in much, much shorter sessions and with hypoallergenic ink. My skin is way too sensitive to survive hours under the needle. Right now I just don't have the money or the drive to get it worked on.
My first session was booked for about 4 hours and I was told I'd need multiple sessions to complete the tattoo, owing to the photo-realism. The first hour and a half was okay. Not too bad, really, but then it began to hurt. A lot. It felt like being cut with a scalpel over and over in the same place. My artist had offered me numbing cream a few times and I'd declined, but once it began to hurt like hell I caved in and he applied it. It would work really well for about 5-10 minutes, but by then it would be completely worn off and it would hurt like fuck again.
In any case, I managed to survive four hours under the needle. My tattoo was wrapped up and I went home. This one was above my hip/on my side, so I felt it every time I moved my torso.
The problem was, the pain didn't subside. It kept hurting like hell, to the point where I couldn't even apply the cream properly to it because it was too painful to touch. I (wrongly) assumed it was normal and just tried to keep it clean, but my skin was having a massive reaction to the ink because - you guessed it - it turns out I'm allergic to ink. I really should have gone with the hypoallergenic ink.
It did heal and thankfully didn't ever get infected, but because of the allergy it had excessive scabbing and I lost a HUGE amount of ink. The tattoo was only about 1/3 done anyway, so you can imagine how shit a patchy, 1/3rds finished photorealistic tattoo looks.
The pain and allergy had been so severe that I just couldn't bring myself to go under the needle to fix the ink loss or finish the tattoo. It actually took me about 5 years to work up the courage to get another tattoo. My second one is just a few characters on my wrist (with hypoallergenic ink) that only took about 20 minutes, hardly hurt and healed like a dream.
One day I'll get the tattoo finished and have the damage parts fixed, but it will be in much, much shorter sessions and with hypoallergenic ink. My skin is way too sensitive to survive hours under the needle. Right now I just don't have the money or the drive to get it worked on.
I have 6 piercings, although 4 of them are my earlobes so they basically don't count. I also have my nose done and an upper ear cartilage piercing. I want a second cartilage piercing a bit lower down on the same ear, but aside from that I think I'm done with piercings. I can't have anything too exotic for the same reason I can't have visible tattoos, and I'm not big on facial piercings (for me - I think they can look amazing on other people) anyway.
So what happens to someone like this who gets punched really hard on the chin? Or otherwise injured in that place?
Facial piercings really sound like an invitation to assault that would lead to complicated, gruesome injuries if you get injured in any way at the site. For that matter, they'd be an obvious vulnerable point to attack for that very reason.
Just two pairs of earrings and a septum piercing. I'd like to get a tattoo but I keep changing my mind on what to get. I'd get a small, simple one to start.
It's a concern even if you don't go 'round picking fights. I've seen the damage that happens to people after they've been in a car accident and had the airbag deploy. I used to have my upper lip (Monroe) but took it out after I noticed it was making my gums recede which can cost mucho bucks to fix, plus it was getting in the way during some uh, other times. I also had a surface piercing (anti-eyebrow) that started migrating that I said goodbye to. I got it knowing that surface piercings tend to reject/migrate at a higher rate and it was fun while it lasted. I have an industrial in my left ear, two in the upper cartilage in the right, four lobe piercings in each ear with the first stretched to 00G, each side of my nostril done, and my nipples done.
In spite of all the dumb shit I've done and fists I've taken to the face no one's actually grabbed for the jewelry. Except for my fucking cat that tried to bite and run off with one of my nipple barbells when I woke up one morning.
I really love the artistry of some of those beautiful plugs. I have some carved opalite ones that look like flowers and two big ol' bling ones that are on the heavy side. I usually wear my silicone tunnels because they're the most comfortable to sleep in at that size and sometimes I'm just too lazy to change my jewelry out.
I've also got quite a few tattoos. No full sleeves yet but my left arm has them from the inner forearm to the inner and outer bicep. My right arm has one on the inner forearm, some art going from the inner bicep to the outer, and the cap of my shoulder is covered. Plus my left foot has simple line art and I have a ~tumblrtattoo~ of a broken infinity and an important year under my left collarbone.
I'd say I have a pretty high pain tolerance and the only time a tattoo hurts me is, funnily enough, the last 10 minutes. My first tattoo was in my inner bicep. I sat like a saint for my foot tattoo, didn't feel a damn thing aside from tingling. My shoulder tattoo was nearly a 3 hour session and the last 10 minutes I was ready to climb the walls. The only time I twitched was getting my broken infinity done as he got towards my sternum. That one did feel a little funny.
I have six lobe piercings, three on each side, and an industrial on my right. I need to poke at the ones on my lobes again to open them up because I gave up on earrings for a while (read: I was buying cheap shit that would fly out of my ears in protest). When I do I want to stretch out the first piercings to a reasonable size. I love ornate earrings but heavy ones rustle my 'tism, so plugs seem like a good idea.
I have one tattoo on my left arm near my shoulder I got a year ago. I'm planning on three more. I've been interested in body mods for years so I've had the luxury of researching shit before I was even legally allowed to get tattoos. I've also thought of getting my tongue split but I don't think that'll work too well in a professional career and I'm not really that serious about it. More like "Hehe, it'd be weird kissing with that done."
I have one tattoo on my left arm near my shoulder I got a year ago. I'm planning on three more. I've been interested in body mods for years so I've had the luxury of researching shit before I was even legally allowed to get tattoos. I've also thought of getting my tongue split but I don't think that'll work too well in a professional career and I'm not really that serious about it. More like "Hehe, it'd be weird kissing with that done."
I have a Chris tattoo.
Classic Chris getting decapitated?
A few. Mostly leaning towards the
end of the spectrum. RoK trying to present anything empirically is just wrong on so many levels.
Probably the case with men too.
However likely higher quality tattoos that would require more planning would lack correlations with negative behaviour
I'm allergic to nickel so piercings were a bit of a nightmare for me, the only one that ever actually stayed was my nose ring and I had to take it out for work.
I do have quite a few tattoos though. The inside of your elbow is an absolute killer, I couldn't bend my arm for a week and I nearly threw up from the pain.
Healing's awful there too, it tends to crack and peel off and pull the ink out and most people usually need touch ups.
The back of your wrist is also super painful, as with most places where there's not a decent layer of fat.
That being said, I think a lot of people think the pain will be worse than it is, but I always compare it (in low pain areas) to sort of a burn? Like it's more annoying than painful I think.
And its nothing like you think needle wise, you'll probably see the needle before it goes into the machine and then you can barely see the tip. I hate getting proper needles but tattoo needles don't bother me in the slightest.
I really want a new tattoo but I'd need some time off work and for it not to be almost Christmas. Too much money to be spent):
I do have quite a few tattoos though. The inside of your elbow is an absolute killer, I couldn't bend my arm for a week and I nearly threw up from the pain.
Healing's awful there too, it tends to crack and peel off and pull the ink out and most people usually need touch ups.
The back of your wrist is also super painful, as with most places where there's not a decent layer of fat.
That being said, I think a lot of people think the pain will be worse than it is, but I always compare it (in low pain areas) to sort of a burn? Like it's more annoying than painful I think.
And its nothing like you think needle wise, you'll probably see the needle before it goes into the machine and then you can barely see the tip. I hate getting proper needles but tattoo needles don't bother me in the slightest.
I really want a new tattoo but I'd need some time off work and for it not to be almost Christmas. Too much money to be spent):
I know this feel. I'm super allergic to nickel, too. If you ever want to get more, word of advice: titanium jewelry. It's hypoallergenic and can be anodized to all sort of colors.
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