I recently finished up my side piece and it was the worst pain I have expirienced so far in all of my tattoos. I have both sleeves done and my shoulders and one piece on my calf. I am getting my left leg done from my knee to my ankle with a really great design that I got from Tattoo Johhny. But, I was wondering if DR Numb was a scam or not. I already ordered it and after I did I started doing some research (reverse order) and saw a bunch of folks saying it was crap. Has anyone actaully used this product and if so did it work? Thanks.
Scrubmuncher hit it right on the head.
My question is why bother numbing it away? The pain and blood are part of the experience. This ritualistic aspect of tattooing is part of what separates us from those who do not have ink. It doesn’t make us better, or worse, than anyone else, but it’s something that’s happened to us that they can’t understand. It marks us as different. Without the pain, tattoos would lose their mystic, and would become exactly what my mother describes them as: pretty pictures on your body.
We pay for our ink in the sweat of our brow, and the pain of our flesh…and it’s wonderful. Why rob yourself of that?
Love. Peace. Metallica.
My question is why bother numbing it away? The pain and blood are part of the experience. This ritualistic aspect of tattooing is part of what separates us from those who do not have ink. It doesn’t make us better, or worse, than anyone else, but it’s something that’s happened to us that they can’t understand. It marks us as different. Without the pain, tattoos would lose their mystic, and would become exactly what my mother describes them as: pretty pictures on your body.
We pay for our ink in the sweat of our brow, and the pain of our flesh…and it’s wonderful. Why rob yourself of that?
Love. Peace. Metallica.
the forum needs to add a “like” button haha
Hi
The stuff usually contains a substance called lidocaine which is a topical anesthetic. (Acetamide, 2-(diethylamino)-N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl) ).
The strength is normally around 5% although in some countries can be as high a 17%.
At 5% lidocaine will block out neuropathic pain which is deep muscular or nerve pain however it has to be absorbed into the pores of the skin to numb the surface area.
This means that it can take 30-45 minutes to effectively numb the area and can wear off as quickly as 20 mins but normally lasts around 45 mins max.
The skin will have a numbed feeling but most ppl still feel some amount of discomfort (varies to individual) so it is not entirely blocked out.
Also the body is inhibited from producing endorphins so when it wears off the sting bites harder.
Take care
Matthew
I don’t believe in numbing it.
100% with KH
In the past when I’ve had my skin numbed or frozen for piercings I’ve actually found it more painful and now refuse the stuff.
Though I must admit to being a weird person who actually likes the feel of having the tattoo done, but then my pain threshold is fairly high and if I’m expecting it I can tune out pretty well, which is fairly relaxing! Test will be my ribs though!
My question is why bother numbing it away? The pain and blood are part of the experience. This ritualistic aspect of tattooing is part of what separates us from those who do not have ink. It doesn’t make us better, or worse, than anyone else, but it’s something that’s happened to us that they can’t understand. It marks us as different. Without the pain, tattoos would lose their mystic, and would become exactly what my mother describes them as: pretty pictures on your body.
We pay for our ink in the sweat of our brow, and the pain of our flesh…and it’s wonderful. Why rob yourself of that?
Love. Peace. Metallica.
To each his/her own but it’s the same type of rationalization that my Army buddies use or guys in a frat use. Some people have a need to justify it to convince themselves it was worth it – psych 101. Hell I will never let the pain stop me from getting inked in a particular spot but enjoyable? I’m smarter than that.
My question is why bother numbing it away? The pain and blood are part of the experience. This ritualistic aspect of tattooing is part of what separates us from those who do not have ink. It doesn’t make us better, or worse, than anyone else, but it’s something that’s happened to us that they can’t understand. It marks us as different. Without the pain, tattoos would lose their mystic, and would become exactly what my mother describes them as: pretty pictures on your body.
We pay for our ink in the sweat of our brow, and the pain of our flesh…and it’s wonderful. Why rob yourself of that?
Love. Peace. Metallica.
^^ what he said!
So I had my ribs done today… after sitting for 2 hours he put some numbing stuff on it (mainly curious to see if it would work as I can’t use local or general anaesthetics). It was absolutely fantastic, completely numbed.
I’m still in the bank of not being a fan of numbing, but it was a Godsend in the last of the third hour! The top still wasn’t numbed at this point and I’ve got to go back for the lining to be darkened as 3 hours on the ribs was enough for me!
Must admit that it hurt worse after it had come off although I don’t think it was from the numbing… more like when you have a tattoo started and it hurts, then it fades out. I don’t think it lasted that long (but my sense of time is a bit out of whack!), so I had two lots of numbing. I would happily have sat without the first, but for the last bit it was very nice, it wasn’t all numbed but the bits he was going over several times were.
So had he not mentioned it I wouldn’t have used it, as my opinion is that you should suck it up… but his opinion was that it was there to be used. I put up a fight for a while, but then gave in lol… I was thankful at the time! I’ve no idea what it was, just that it was in a dark blue bottle.
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So, my mom was going to get her eyebrows tatted on, and so I was anxious to how painful that would be. To my disappointment, she said she didn’t feel a thing. Sort of hypocritical that she is so against me getting my body art, but it was ok to get her eyebrows done. So that’s why i was disappointed lol. Ok a little vindictive, but whatever.
The moral of the story is, they do something at the cosmetic places, if you are that interested, ask them what they use!:p
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