tattoo - numbing stuff

crazy_dude6662

i was on bmezine and i was reading tattoo storys, some people said that a numbing spray or cream was applied, is good or bad?

also do they do that here?

and if they dont could you buy somthing?

Doodee

pff, whats the point, pain for pleasure, its the experience as much as the tattoo

Blub2k4

Doodee wrote:

pff, whats the point, pain for pleasure, its the experience as much as the tattoo

agreed, if you think you need that stuff what's the point? You gonna apply EMLA for two weeks until it is healed? Suck it up and feel it all or dont bother.

crazy_dude6662

yeah, but im bad with pain, up until a few months ago i would see *my* blood and pass out (i could stare at someone elses blood for hours and not feel even slightly sick, but *MY* blood and im on the floor)

and i dont want to pass out or somthing

Blub2k4

dont watch when it is being done, take a walkman and look elsewhere

crazy_dude6662

but the pain would be still there, and i wanted to get it done on my wrist..both of them actually

Blub2k4

dont get it then cos the first week healing is worse than getting it done, very like having a case of road rash, when you fall off a motorbike and all the skin gets scraped off by the road surface.........at least when you are getting it done it gets pleasant once the bodies chemistry kicks in

Will

thank jeebus for endorphines! :v:

crazy_dude6662

i suppose, ive heard it feels like sunburn....but then again i dont get sunburn so i dont know what that would feel like....

porn_star

just go and do it and then you'll find out what it feels like.
Don't go in there with an attitude of 'omg, this is gonna hurt so much and i'm gonna pass out'
cos then it will hurt and you will probably pass out.
It's not gonna kill you.
and what doesn't kill you can only make you stronger

Blub2k4

these pain threads are actually more painful than any tattoo that I've ever had tbh

crazy_dude6662

thats true, lol


this isnt a "does it hurt thread" this is a
"I know it hurts but do they numb it first"


also is that numbing stuff bad??

porn_star

yeah, they get pretty repetitive alright.

and then the answer to the 'i know it hurts but do they numb it' question is, nope they don't...you'll just have to deal with it.

and I don't know if they're bad or how well they'd work, cos I've honestly never been bothered enought to research it. I know a girl who has been tattooed but found it so bad that she wants an anestethic for her next one and was going looking into it or something, but I'm not sure what the outcome was...don't think the tattooist was too happy about it.

crazy_dude6662

oh right....i know you can get your doctor to prescibe some...they usually do as it isnt hallucenagenic....

well thanks in anyway

Ag marbh

Jesus just accept the pain it's a small raw feeling to pay for having something on your body for life. When getting my sleeve done this year the thought of pain wont enter my mind until the needle enters my arm.

Will

Hey this is a sort of side note to the whole tattoo thing, but i have read that some people have adverse reactions to the actual ink. How can you go about finding out if you will or not?

Blub2k4

Wilburt wrote:

Hey this is a sort of side note to the whole tattoo thing, but i have read that some people have adverse reactions to the actual ink. How can you go about finding out if you will or not?

From what I've seen and heard it is one or two brands of red that have problems, they quite often ( too often for my liking) get infected and heal heavily scarred.
www.tattooz.net is an excellent site to visit for a while to get a good inside look at the american industry, it will also teach you how to critique a tattoo if you read the critique forum for a while.

<edit> that sites been down for a few days but is well worth a look when it is back up.

<2ndedit>the only other reason I have heard for an adverse reaction to ink is when inks are reused by artists on someone else....a shooting offence tbh the simplest of research should save you from such back alley practises however

Cake Fiend

Pretty disappointing thread for someone called 'crazy_dude6662' tbh. If you're afraid of heat, perhaps you should consider staying away from kitchens. IMO, if a tattoo isn't worth going through a couple hours of pain, it's not worth having on your body for life.

Will

Blub2k4: cool thanks very much il check it out when its back up

Blub2k4

it doesn't have the same ring as mildly_unortodoxperson6662

crazy_dude6662

Blub2k4 wrote:

it doesn't have the same ring as mildly_unortodoxperson6662

oh thats hilarious...


i want to do it but im not a fan of pain.....

i suppose i'll go throught the pain....


i already have 4 or so picked out

amazingemmet

Controversial but you can add a small bit of cocaine to the tattoo ink and that takes the pain away wouldn't recomend it but know some people who have done it, also you could take some morphine it'll still hurt just as much but you won't give a damn.

Up until recently i would of been of the shut up and take the pain variety but since i got started on my back piece i think i might have to change camps to finish off the line work.

crazy_dude6662

i would prefer not to get adicted to drugs thank you very much.

and i would never take drugs knowingly