If you are wondering if it hurts to get a tattoo...

[Liberal_in_LA]

Getting a tattoo can be a pretty grisly experience, but there’s also beauty in the delicate, often meditative encounter between a tattoo artist and customer. Anne Burlock Lawver highlights both the agony and the serenity of tattooing in her series, “Indelible,” which comprises more than a year’s worth of photographs from a single Washington Heights tattoo parlor, Gunmental Tattoos, which has since closed.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/behold/2015/10/04/anne_burlock_lawver_photographs_a_washington_heights_tattoo_parlor_in_her.html

[BlueJazz]

1. If I ever get a tattoo, it will be a tiny pic of a carbon atom..and about the same size.

[hlthe2b]

2. I think I'd be the very last to ever get a tattoo...

I respect personal choice and would never be unkind to someone sporting one or more-- but I've yet to ever see one I thought to be remotely attractive... and as we age, even less so.

[Art_from_Ark]

9. The only time I ever had an interest in tattoos

when I got one of those wash-off "fun tattoos" from a box of CrackerJack when I was a kid.

[SwissTony]

12. Nope, you're going to be second last.

I'm going to push you in front of me.

I see no value in tattoos. Like you, I've never seen one which made me think "Yeah, you look better with that". Quite the converse, actually.

[awoke_in_2003]

31. I got tired of taking off my wedding ring

every time I worked with electricity, which I do quite a bit. Getting one tattooed on has saved me a lot of trouble.

[SwissTony]

33. Yeah, that would work. n/t

[trof]

18. +1000!

Yeah, if that turns you on.
Different strokes, and all that.

Having said that, when I see a tattoo on other than a sailor, especially the ones on the legs of overweight women at Walmart, I just think "Why?"
Do you think this makes you look more attractive?
It ain't workin', babe.

How much did that cost you?
Were you drunk?

Was it a dare?
Tramp stamp.

OK, flame away.

[Major Nikon]

10. If I ever get a tattoo, it will be a big "M" on each cheek of my ass

So I can bend over and spell MoM

[IcyPeas]

14. The first place I heard that...

Was in the movie The Unbearable Lightness of Being. And it's WOW or MOM depending on your viewing point.

[pokerfan]

16. Yeah, if you can turn a cartwheel

you could spell out: "Wow, Mom. Wow, Mom..."

[RichGirl]

3. If anyone wants to get on the ground floor of what will be a HUGE business...

Tattoo removal!

Tattoo's are a fad and like all fads they will seem ridiculous before long. Remember the mullet, shoulder pads, bell bottom pants...etc. Can't toss a tattoo into the Goodwill bin.

Ditto on the earrings that require a hole the size of a quarter!

[progressoid]

8. Yep. I may have posted this before.

tattoo removal and bad tattoos...

[OriginalGeek]

11. A fad? lol!

They been doing it for 5000 years now. Maybe more. Probably not gonna die out any time soon.

[trof]

19. Bingo!

[a la izquierda]

21. Tell that to the mummies that are found with elaborate tattoos.

[beaglelover]

4. I think it all depends on where the tattoo is being placed.

I have one on the side of my biceps on both arms. There is a lot of 'meat' there, so getting the tattoo was not painful. It's not a real pleasant experience but not nearly as bad as getting your teeth drilled. Also, after a while, your body fills with endorphins (sp) and you get this nice little high going. Each tattoo took about 2 hours to put on and I did feel a little sick afterwards....kinda nauchaeaus (sp) but that went away pretty quickly. If you get a tattoo on your elbow I would bet that would hurt quite a bit since there is not much meat there. Just my 2 cents.

[yellowdogintexas]

7. My daughter tells me they are quite addictive due to the endorphins

She is very busy putting tattoos on lots of people so there must be a lot of addicts in Phoenix.

Hers are all custom art that she designs to customer's specifications.

I do not have one.

She is planning on getting certified to do all the cosmetic tattooing: eye liner, eyebrows, nipple color after breast reconstruction, enzymatic removal of old ink and scar reduction. I told her she was determined to get me in that chair, since my eyebrows have become quite sparse I might actually get that done .

I think, like normal pierced ears it is going to stay around much longer than many fads. I do not care for the huge earring holes and facial piercings and so on. I do however take notice of a really nice piece of body art.

[mopinko]

5. i only said "ow" a few times

have had 4 tats, inc one covered up the first. too tiny.
but they are all on my arms, and not anywhere sensitive like wrists or elbows.

planning the next one, soon as daughter finishes her apprenticeship.

[frogmarch]

6. Mine was put over one of my neck bones and

it bled a lot. The needle kept slipping in the blood and my tattoo ended up looking stupid. Glad my hair is long enough to cover it.

It burned like crazy while it was being done and didn't stop for a couple of days, until it began to heal.

[Mendocino]

13. I remember on MASH

when Radar was thinking about getting one because all the marines had them, they were tough and got the girls. He received some advice; like get a calendar tattoo, then it would be useful for twelve months. Or why would someone put a picture on their body that they wouldn't hang on their wall. He ended up getting a temporary one on his butt of a teddy bear.

[clarice]

15. I never did understand the tattoo thing....I think they look....well, you know. nt

[a la izquierda]

22. They look what?

Trashy?

[clarice]

25. You know. nt

[Baitball Blogger]

17. You know you're watching too much Ink Master when...

...you see the tattoo on the arm of the drive-thru attendant and you want to say, "that line work has some serious blow-outs."

[Rhythm]

28. Indeed. n/t

[a la izquierda]

20. Depends on where you get it. It's not THAT bad.

I have tattoos from my shins and Achilles tendon, to my armpits and collarbone. My back was the worst.

But it's not that bad.

[olddots]

23. Some days I look at myself and say "Dots you are ghastly "

"who repeatedly hit you with the ugly stick " then I think a really bad tattoo would top it off .

How about a nice one on my forehead like BORN TO LOSE ?

[IcyPeas]

24. Ink Master is one of my guilty pleasures

I like watching the procedure. I like to see how the artists interpret the challenge. I like the art of it. I don't have one myself, but I do like looking at them.

Apparently the ribs and the head hurt like hell. The contestants all dread when someone wants a tattoo on their ribs.

[Rhythm]

27. I love that series, as well as "Tattoo Nightmares"

I may never be able to afford to get anything new (my last one was 20+ yrs ago), but i can live vicariously through those shows.

[Rhythm]

26. One of mine smarted quite a lot... especially down my sternum...

My arms were much easier, but my 'necklace' -- which starts down my sternum, then over both collarbones and meets on my spine -- hurt like motherforklifter...

That was done 27ish yrs ago, and though i wouldn't do it ~now~, it's a treasured memory of a more adventurous era in my life.

[woodsprite]

29. My SIL/BIL had a tattoo artist set up shop at their wedding reception.

He did tattoos for the wedding party and guests all day and into the evening. Nobody in my immediate family got one.

My SIL is really into the pain/adrenaline factor -- so much that she's had over 100 done (some large, some quite small). She's also into other forms of pain, so I'm really not surprised.

Whatever floats her boat....

[TexasBushwhacker]

30. No tats for me but I did get my eyebrows done

My eyebrows have gotten thinner as I've gotten older, but drawing them on is such a hassle. So I got the "permanent makeup" done on my brows. One was a little ouchy, but the other one wasn't too bad. Now I want to get eye liner done.

[Joe Shlabotnik]

32. Just a few years back (circa 2010) I met a girl

on an online dating site, and we hit it off. I have no tattoos; (not because I have anything against them, I just don't feel that strongly that I want my body marked forever with some statement or art), and after our second date we ended up having sex. I was 39 and she was 36, and we were both shocked that neither of us had any body art. Its rare nowadays to be unadorned in some way.