Hello, My name is Tammy. I'm new here. Came across the website and thought it looked really interesting. I am 23 years old and live in New Hampshire. I love tattoos so I'm hoping I'll fit in great here.
I actually just got a tattoo finished today. its a pretty decent sized piece on the lower portion of my leg, a cherry blossom tree. I did add a picture of it. I had it started about 3 weeks ago. I also had another very small one touched up today (a small shamrock on my wrist). The cherry blossom wasn't too painful. The worst parts were the bottom of the tree (near my ankle) and the parts on my shin and also the parts that were close to the back of my knee. Today was interesting though because it was still a little itchy from the first session. So I was worried it'd hurt a lot. It actually felt good! So weird. But the touch-up on my wrist hurt so much more than I expected. It barely hurt when I first got it on March 16th.
I'm guessing everyone heals differently and each place on the body is different, also the color of ink and kind of design, But I'm finding that this new addition today (the cherry blossoms) is bleeding quite a bit. It's also not just red blood, it's the clear form of blood. None of my others have bled much before or at all. I think my first one did but stopped once I unwrapped it. This one is still oozing a tiny bit of the clear stuff. I'm thinking it may be because I was on my feet all day. Or maybe because its color.
Alright last thing I wanted to add/ kinda vent about. I'm not sure if it's because I'm a girl or if people are really that judgemental, but lately people have been giving me the oddest looks because of my newest piece. I'm not worried about it because I love it and don't care what people think of me. Today a lady I work with said "It's gonna look good once it's down at your ankle". I bit my tongue so I wouldn't say anything I shouldn't say, but I thought it was such a dumb thing to say. First of all I don't care what it looks like when I'm old, I'll be happy to be alive. But second, I didn't think that people's legs really sag that much. lol So I'm curious if other girls get ridiculed for being tattooed. Or if it's just all guys and girls. People should really be used to tattoos by now :D
