Most painful spot to get tattooed

[Joey Ryan]

started my chest and having the 2nd session on May 5th.

i feel like i can take a lot of pain, but when my tattooer was shading on and around my sternum, i felt that shit in the side of my elbow, like he was tattooing both bones at the same time! damn nerves man. oof .

[Suiren]

My lower back tattoos felt like having the bone tattooed :/ so compared to that all the other tattoos were nothing.

I have to say piercings hurt much less though. I had a nape piercing in the past, 9 minutes of poking and creating a tunnel...really not bad at all.

[xcom]

The Collarbone aint nice but that for sure isn't the worst place!!

I am getting ink there this summer. Thanks for the heads up,

[UglyButProud]

started my chest and having the 2nd session on May 5th.

i feel like i can take a lot of pain, but when my tattooer was shading on and around my sternum, i felt that shit in the side of my elbow, like he was tattooing both bones at the same time! damn nerves man. oof .

Not looking forward to my chest...ugghhh. At least Nick Colella works fast. Armpit, ankle, knee ditch, elbow all in the next few months.... :(:(:(:(

[marley mission]

yeah this last piece was a quick 2 on the stomach - it had its moments but overall not too bad

i'm telling ya - 6 on the ribs has made everything since a breeze by comparison

[Uncle Baron]

had my chest down about 20 years ago by a friend, i had at least 20 hours of tattooing before that so i thought it would be a breeze. My pal hadn't much experience and was really digging for gold with the needle. At one point he said I'm going to give my self a hernia. I was gritting my teeth so hard haha. The thing is when i went back a couple of weeks later to get it finished and knew what to expect it was fine, hurt but not that bad. All power of the mind!

[Joey Ryan]

Not looking forward to my chest...ugghhh. At least Nick Colella works fast. Armpit, ankle, knee ditch, elbow all in the next few months.... :(:(:(:(

damn, exciting! Though my original plan was to try to get the shittiest spots i wanted tattooed, out of the way first while i'm young... hah, but still would rather space them out a bit i think.

[jaredlynwood]

As per my opinion the most painful spot to get tattooed is back to the knee and elbow.

[xcom]

Well the pain on my side calf is tolerable. Healing is definitely a whole different ball game.

[WhyMista]

Right above the knuckle near my pinky finger on both hands when I was getting the back of my hands done. My wrist and fingers didn't hurt very much, side of my fingers near the knuckle did a bit. Side of the palms wasn't that bad

[tay943]

Had a little taste of the knee ditch on the weekend when I had the side of my calf tattooed; the top parts re still a good 10cm away and hurt like hell; was the worst part of the tattoo.

[dresgallo]

I have never gotten a tattoo so all of your opinions have really helped me decide where to go with for my first one! Thinking about the inner bicep

[marley mission]

i think upper arm is a good spot to start for anyone

eh its prime real estate i guess

but what isnt :)

so i guess go big if you're going there

but in terms of discomfort / pain

upper arm experiences were super easy

[ElizabethBee]

Sternum, right in the center where it drops off to your guts (I can only speak for how this feels on a lady.... but it's pretty much like your lungs and heart are being shocked with an electric wire). Fun stuff.

[Colored Guy]

I was having something done on the back of my left upper arm just 2 weeks ago, right on top of the tricep muscle. The artist said anywhere you have dense muscle, that is one of those areas on some people. And going back Friday to finish up the background.

[Spencer Jackson]

Bottom/inside of the finger sucked pretty hard. Inner chest/breastbone area was gnarly too

[Cicada]

Ribs were pretty interesting :)

Not unbearable but not exactly much fun either, there wasn't a single sweet spot where you could just zone out and go with it. The last 20/30 minutes of the session I was just watching the clock and hoping we wouldn't go too much longer to be honest.

It healed surprisingly easily which was a big bonus :)

[Suiren]

I used to say piercings hurt less than tattoos, but a few days ago I got a second nostril piercing on the left side, closer to the face than the others ones and it felt like my nose was amputated. Definitely worse than the lower back tattoo...plus I started bleeding out of my nose randomly for the rest of the day, hit a nerve I guess...:/

I'd rather go through numerous nape piercings and lower back tattoos than this ;)

[xcom]

I used to say piercings hurt less than tattoos, but a few days ago I got a second nostril piercing on the left side, closer to the face than the others ones and it felt like my nose was amputated. Definitely worse than the lower back tattoo...plus I started bleeding out of my nose randomly for the rest of the day, hit a nerve I guess...:/

I'd rather go through numerous nape piercings and lower back tattoos than this ;)

WoW! I heard those really do hurt.

PICS!

[Suiren]

WoW! I heard those really do hurt.

PICS!

Of the nose or nape piercing? I have a picture of the nose piercing on my phone. It doesn't hurt but with the septum flipped up and the other two nose studs it feels pretty busy and a little annoying atm.:eek:

[xcom]

You got it.

WoW that sure does looks painful

I seen people cry from nose piercing.

Take care.

[Suiren]

@xcom

Yup, I sure hope I won't catch a cold any time soon!

[Woodys Wieless]

Chest

[xcom]

So I guess I didnt learned my lesson last session I did... LOL

I walked in to the shop and told my artist that I wanted my ankle blasted like a boss... He chuckle and proceeded to tell me the pros and cons about that area.

At the end we went above of the ankle bone rather than on the ankle it self for better placement and flow.

Holly mother shit batman! It is painful to no end. I took the pain and was able to deal with it but shit man the ankle just hurt.

Next stop the foot. /face palm... :eek:

[2bacanvas]

I always wonder how the ankle or foot heals since it's always in motion and usually covered during the day