The foot hurts something terrible! least painful, I would say shoulder/upper arm. Butt side of hip hurts pretty bad too, at least mine did, I think it got close to that nerve, don’t know how to spell it but it sounds like si-attic. Anyhow, I have always felt first tatto should be meaningful to you. I am pretty much a girly-girl too, and want all my tats to be feminine. I have found that if you get flowers in with what ever you decide on, it adds a more feminine look to it. And bright colors keep them looking more girly. I would suggest your favorite flower, or look around on the internet to find something unusual that would suit you. Good luck finding your perfect design!

No Pain, No Stain. We can go through childbirth, we can take a tattoo! (well I got drugs for my delivery, but that’s besides the point). I had a tat done on my foot, the artist rubbed it down with the stuff the dentist uses before he gives the novacaine shot. I don’t know that it helped, the pain was so bad, and once the pain got to a certain point, my body naturally turns it off, but then my leg muscles started jumping like crazy from the shock, I guess. The rest of my tats were completely drug free, and weren’t nearly as painful!
I have to psych myself out, I imagine it will be the worst pain ever, and when I get the tat, it’s not as bad as I imagined it would be! (even on my foot) Anyhow, if the pain is too much for you to sit for 3 hours, get the outline done, then break up the session, most shops will work with you. Only downfall is you will have to wait till you heal before you get more done, and outline is the worst of it anyway. Good Luck!!! I have faith in you, you can handle this!

Dude, slow down! I was 14 when I decided I wanted to get tattoos, but it took me 7 years to decide what I wanted to get for my first one. A friend of mine put it to me quite simply, he would have tattooed me at 16 if and only if I could tell him honestly how I would feel about what I wanted at age 80 and what would I say to my grandkids when they asked about it. He said my first tattoo should be truely meaningful, and something I could live with for the rest of my life. Anyhow, if you have thought long and hard about this and still want to do it at your tender age, I want to stress GO TO A REPUTABLE PROFESSIONAL!!!!!!! and I don’t recommend a tribal, for the simple fact that when you outgrow it, it will be much more difficult to cover. Since your name on here is SurferDude, then I take it you like the beach and surf stuff, maybe you can talk to a good artist and get them to do up a custom wave type design, I have seen some really nice partial sleeves of waves. And as a chick, yes chicks dig professional looking tats, jailhouse tats suck, major turnoff!