Gotta second this one, I’d put it on par with the one on my chest is terms of pain. The area the original poster was talking about isn’t particularly bad, not saying it’s pleasant though.
I’ve only got one tattoo on my back, that was done in 2,5 hours time…
It sure wasn’t enjoyable or anything, but most of it was very bearable. The bits that are going more towards my actual ribcage were very very sensitive, and the few that are going towards my spine too. Anything in between, I’ve got enough flesh to serve as a buffer;). The only bits where I almost had to bite my tears away, were the bits that are going up towards my armpit. 2,5 hours were certainly do-able for me, but I must say I was really glad it was over, too. The breaks he took in between were helpful, too (first drew all the fine lines, pause, then filled them up, pause, then shading). Also didn’t feel much difference between the drawing of the outlines and the shading – but then my shading isn’t that extensive.
The weird thing is, that I now don’t really remember much of that time – it’s more of a blur, actually. I tried to be as calm and relaxed as possible during the session, and I sortof put my mind in another place – thinking that it only gets worse if you focus on the pain. I also had slept and eaten normally (‘coz no food = very cranky Fairy), and I never felt any nausea or anything coming up.
@Butterfly_kisses: the itch also drove me up the walls after a week into the healing proces… In my case, it helped to put some greasy bodymilk on it; the more you feed your skin, the less it will get irate. At that moment, all crusts had fallen of already, and my skin had already gotten pretty smooth, too… So I figured it could do no harm. And it didn’t…
Hey, i have tattoos on my shoulder blade, ribs, and chest/upper armpit area. Id have to say my ribs was the easiest of them all. Tickled to be honest. And Ill agree, the shoulder probably hurt the most. THe soft spot above my pit was pretty sensitive, but it was worst when it hit my collarbone..Vibrations man….they killed.
After a short session with the latest tattooist I’ve been going to, I have to say that a lot of the pain you’ll feel when getting tattooed also depends on your artist’s technique. When I had my back shaded, it hurt quite a bit. When I got my chest shaded with the new artist, it didn’t hurt anywhere near as much, even directly on the collarbone.
something weird that happened with my tatts, and ive heard a few other ppl say this
it actually hurt less on my spine
i have one across the top of my back and it goes on the bone right at the bottom of my neck and it seemed to go numb faster than the rest of that tattoo did, so surprisingly it was the least painful spot of that tatt
the cross on my back was about the same as far as bein less painful on th bone, but the worst was when he did the bottom and was in like my kidney area. that was probably the most painful part of that tatt
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