Does X hurt?

Star Lord · 27-10-2011 9:15am #1

So you've decided to get a tattoo, or get X pierced.
You want to know if it'll hurt?

Yes it will.

You'll be getting a needle through part of your body, or having needles jabbed into your skin thousands of times.
It's going to hurt.
Some places it'll hurt a lot.
Other places you'll hardly feel.
These places vary from person to person, as everybody is different, and everybody has different pain thresholds too.

If you still want to ask any similar questions, post them here!

Chatty posts moved to OTB. Let's keep this thread on topic folks!

Lauren7fold · 05-12-2011 9:14pm

I know that this thread isn't a question as such, but I'd still like to give my two cents. my first piercing was my earlobes at 8 years old, done with a gun. It hurt a bit, but I was only 8. Did my second and third lobe piercings with a safety pin at 15. It didn't hurt at all. I stretched my first set of lobe piercings, one to 8mm one to 14mm. This hurt quite a bit, as I did it way too quickly. The one i stretched to 14mm "exploded" (it ripped in three different places exposing my cartilage. yes, that hurt A LOT!) I got my septum pierced a few months ago, and it was painless. A lot of people say this is extremely painful, but I found both the piercing and the healing to be very easy. Shortly after, I got my tongue web pierced. The piercing process was painless, however the first few days after that it was quite painful and I couldn't eat at all. I had my nipple pierced this summer, and that was a pretty painful piercing, and the healing was awful (avoid loose clothing! Tight clothes and push up bra's ftw!) The last piercing I got was my conch and I thought it was the most painful! It was my first cartilage piercing and it was sore for almost a month! I love all of them, and they were all worth it!

Btw, I'm going in to get dermal anchors on my chest on Thursday! Anything you guys feel I should know before I go in?

Princess Peach · 05-12-2011 10:38pm

Lauren7fold wrote: »

I know that this thread isn't a question as such, but I'd still like to give my two cents. my first piercing was my earlobes at 8 years old, done with a gun. It hurt a bit, but I was only 8. Did my second and third lobe piercings with a safety pin at 15. It didn't hurt at all. I stretched my first set of lobe piercings, one to 8mm one to 14mm. This hurt quite a bit, as I did it way too quickly. The one i stretched to 14mm "exploded" (it ripped in three different places exposing my cartilage. yes, that hurt A LOT!) I got my septum pierced a few months ago, and it was painless. A lot of people say this is extremely painful, but I found both the piercing and the healing to be very easy. Shortly after, I got my tongue web pierced. The piercing process was painless, however the first few days after that it was quite painful and I couldn't eat at all. I had my nipple pierced this summer, and that was a pretty painful piercing, and the healing was awful (avoid loose clothing! Tight clothes and push up bra's ftw!) The last piercing I got was my conch and I thought it was the most painful! It was my first cartilage piercing and it was sore for almost a month! I love all of them, and they were all worth it!

Btw, I'm going in to get dermal anchors on my chest on Thursday! Anything you guys feel I should know before I go in?

You're not supposed to wear push up bra's while your nipple is healing. My piercer told me because it changes the shape of your boobs and can so be detrimental to the healing. I forgot one day a couple of weeks after I got it done and wore one and it was pretty uncomfortable. Just wore normal bras so and it healed without a problem.

Star Lord · 05-12-2011 10:50pm

Lauren7fold wrote: »

Did my second and third lobe piercings with a safety pin at 15.

Piercing your own lobe with a safety pin is a terrible idea. No matter how punk it makes you feel.

Lauren7fold · 05-12-2011 11:49pm

Princess Peach wrote: »

You're not supposed to wear push up bra's while your nipple is healing. My piercer told me because it changes the shape of your boobs and can so be detrimental to the healing. I forgot one day a couple of weeks after I got it done and wore one and it was pretty uncomfortable. Just wore normal bras so and it healed without a problem.

Yeah your advice sounds a lot more intelligent and logical than mine. I just found them to be more comfortable as I have a larger than average chest size, so there was a lot of movement and the push up bra helped keep them still.

Lauren7fold · 05-12-2011 11:51pm

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

Piercing your own lobe with a safety pin is a terrible idea. No matter how punk it makes you feel.

I know

I meant to add that in actually. I just thought I was so hardcore haha. Thankfully I've grown up and moved on from that phase!

Bubblefett · 09-12-2011 1:00am

I want to get a simple small black celtic design on the side of my foot to match my sister. She tells me it's a grand area to get done but she's a freak who feels no pain (as proved by the 3 kids she had drug free!)

Just wondering is it a particularly bad area. I know there's no pain free area but I've a pretty low pain threshold and I wanna know what I'm getting into. I've got a few piercings but I image it'll be more like getting a thousand piercings at once...

Star Lord · 09-12-2011 10:42am

It's a very different pain to piercings, piercing pain is very sharp and instant, tattoo pain is ... well it's hard to describe tbh!
Thing about pain too is everyone is different in their sensitivity, I wouldn't have a high pain threshold, but I can bear it if I'm expecting it.
The foot can be fairly painful for some people. Make sure if you're getting it done that it doesn't come too far down the side of the foot, to where the skin changes to the type of skin on your sole, as that skin will not hold the ink well, and will blur.

Bubblefett · 09-12-2011 9:42pm

Thanks for the advice, it's so wierd to not know what to expect- exciting and terrifying. I think I'll set an appointment to go talk to an artist and see how long will it take to do/prices/healing time etc. Take it from there

Reku · 11-12-2011 2:03am

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

It's a very different pain to piercings, piercing pain is very sharp and instant, tattoo pain is ... well it's hard to describe tbh!

I think I'd describe it as being akin to having the skin peeled off, which when you consider what's happening (needle puncturing your skin many times a second and being dragged around as it does so) it's probably pretty close. Still, a brief bit of pain for something you'll have for the rest of your life, seems like a more than fair trade-off does it not?;)

RiddleFinger · 12-12-2011 8:02pm

hurts like hell, but you want more

Adiboo · 13-12-2011 2:03am

I liken a tattoo to a cat scratching on sun burnt skin. I quite like the feeling though

alanevo900 · 13-12-2011 7:29pm

its weird but the pain from a piercing is like an adrenaline...i love geting pierced

antocann · 15-12-2011 5:32pm

pain varies in places of the body ,
quiet enjoy it tbh , you just want to keep goin back for more

goin in nextweek to get more done , what do people reckon to the pain on the hand ?

johncyrus · 23-12-2011 9:49pm

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

Piercing your own lobe with a safety pin is a terrible idea. No matter how punk it makes you feel.

Yah your are right! My lobe was pierce by my sister and its very successful btw.

Just Like Heaven · 26-12-2011 5:02pm

I want to get an owl on my foot but the thought of it gives me nightmares :P I have those ugly feet with the big pertruding veins aswell.

26-12-2011 5:09pm

I got two stars done on my inner bicep, just below my armpit and I personally didn't find it too painful, more like a minor scratching.

antocann · 30-12-2011 8:11pm

got my hand tattoo'd last week and must say pain was not too bad

smash · 04-01-2012 3:19pm

Anyone got any idea about the healing time of a pubic piercing? Obviously it'll hurt like a bitch. Just wondering for how long though? aprox...

Star Lord · 04-01-2012 3:57pm

General healing guideline of 6 weeks applies really.

Pain-wise, it depends on what you're getting done. Some hardly hurt at all, some may hurt like slamming it in a car door.

smash · 04-01-2012 5:25pm

Horizontal bar above the penis on the pubic area. I'd like the balls at each end around 1.5 inches apart so I'm guessing the needle is going to hurt like fúck but I'm willing to take the chance. It's just that I had my eyebrow pierced for a year and it never healed. But I never had issues with my tongue or ears.

shannie · 06-01-2012 12:59am

In general, I know both are painful, but which would be more painful, tongue or bellybutton? :O

chin_grin · 06-01-2012 1:26am

Try both, come back and tell us. :pac:

Arawn · 06-01-2012 2:03am

shannie wrote: »

In general, I know both are painful, but which would be more painful, tongue or bellybutton? :O

Was born with both body parts, neither hurt tbh

Cupcake_Crisis · 06-01-2012 5:06am

Personally I found the actual piercing of my belly button more painful than the tongue, but the healing was way worse for the tongue.

oh daphne · 06-01-2012 6:25am

can ne1 recommend a good piercer around the dublin area to do a vch n just how painful is it?! healing time?....

Arawn · 06-01-2012 7:01am

oh daphne wrote: »

can ne1 recommend a good piercer around the dublin area to do a vch n just how painful is it?! healing time?....

Seriously did you even read the thread?

snakebite

shannie · 06-01-2012 3:21pm

Arawn wrote: »

Was born with both body parts, neither hurt tbh

Smart answers never tend to get people anywhere.. Just sayin'.

shannie · 06-01-2012 3:22pm

Cupcake_Crisis wrote: »

Personally I found the actual piercing of my belly button more painful than the tongue, but the healing was way worse for the tongue.

How long did it take your tongue to heal and what did it include, like were you not able to eat and that kind of stuff? I'm just so scared about the healing like that I'l get a lisp or something :O

Star Lord · 06-01-2012 4:52pm

You might but it's only temporary. Seriously, everyone is different in regards of the pain and the healing process.
Stay away from dairy and spicy stuff, alcohol where possible for the first short while, and suck on ice chips

Cupcake_Crisis · 06-01-2012 6:34pm

shannie wrote: »

How long did it take your tongue to heal and what did it include, like were you not able to eat and that kind of stuff? I'm just so scared about the healing like that I'l get a lisp or something :O

Pretty much what Damo said. Everyone heals differently, and everyone reacts differently to piercings.

Your tongue will swell up, which is unpleasant, but not unbearable. Stock up on Nuerophen to help manage the swelling and the pain. I stuck to liquids (soups) for the first few days, then gradually started introducing soft foods and chewed very carefully! Also invest in an alcohol free mouthwash. After about 7 days I was eating normally again, and that was airing on the side of caution. I never developed a lisp, but that could just be luck!

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