1. Bring a friend. It totally sucks balls for your friend, make no mistake about that. But it makes it infinitely better for you, and that’s the important bit here. Friend buddy can take pictures, answer random questions that pop into your head, and make wry observations about the other shop patrons.
2. Bring an iPod (or equivalent). One of the worst parts about getting a tattoo, worse than the pain, is the constant buzz/hum of the needle. Drown that shit out.
3. If possible, wear appropriate clothing so as you won’t have to get naked for your tattoo. If you’re getting a back piece, you can where a zip-up hoodie flipped around so it’s open on back. The first time I went, I just had my tits out to the world. Extra fun when they’re doing a photo-shoot for a tattoo magazine.
4. XANAX. I have an official pre-tattoo drug cocktail. It features Xanax (or Ativan) and a prescription amount of Motrin (I buy the OTC stuff and take Rx dose). It still hurts, but you don’t really care. And the Motrin serves as a bit of a muscle relaxer. Take it all about 20 minutes before you’re going to get stabbed inked. It helps. Immensely.
5. Original Vitamin A & D Ointment (not the zinc kind) This is actually like, butt paste for rashy babies or something, but it works fantastically to protect your tender healing skin wounds from the elements.
6. Clothes that you don’t care about. For the close contact with greasy ointment. And possible scabification.
I have nothing to tell you about the itching. It itches itches itches itches itches itches itches.
You just have to decide if it’s worth it.
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It’s totally sweet that Miss Grace linked to my “wry observation” in the midst of point #1, but since my tweets are protected, I thought I’d just copy it in here:
“The dude getting a tattoo next to @grace134 is coping with pain by clutching his ladyfriend’s … crotch. Eww?”
And yes, true story, and yes, I tweeted that while watching it happen while watching Miss Grace get her tattoo.
Oh snap, I didn’t know your tweets were protected.
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Yeah, mainly because of tweets like that. It should also be added that he was holding his ladyfriend’s crotch while their elementary school age son was standing about five or six feet away.
You mean you’ve got ‘tits out’ in a magazine somewhere? What issue, because you KNOW I gotta buy me a copy .. or two.
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Boy, this takes me back 6 years when I got mine. No Xanax for me, though! Mine’s much smaller than yours, certainly, so I suppose it wasn’t as necessary.
I, too, was wondering if this means Boob Emancipation made the jump to print somewhere. You should just tattoo the URL across your cleavage, for the world’s most effective advertising.
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I lovvvvvve tattoo posts. I wish I could think of WHAT I WANTED and WHERE so I could DO IT now that you’ve reassured me on a number of points.
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My current tattoo-in-progress is on my arm which facilitates a seated position. This means that I usually bring my laptop and watch a movie during it… even though it doesn’t drown out the buzzing, it gives me something else on which to concentrate. And I like to have some bit of clothing or something in my unaffected hand to SQUEEZE when the pain gets rough. It helps.
Also, be sure to tip your artist! Remember: Good tattoos aren’t cheap. And cheap tattoos aren’t good.
wow jewels,you and jenny get one tattoo and your effin experts.Thats so crazy cool,and thanks for the savy reminder jewels,sounds kinda familiar though.u girls tell george i say hi. REMEMBER: always thank the person who shows you an amazing artist when your clueless.
Wow ‘FLASK’, if only I had gotten half a dozen really really shitty tattoos before I got this one! Then I could participate at your level of expertise! Darn!
Although I feel it’s obvious, I am, in fact, aware of the fact that this is my only tattoo, and am not positing myself as an expert.
This post is about what I, personally, have found helps me (personally) deal with tattoos. And hey! It’s true! Isn’t that CRAZY?
But thanks for setting me straight buddy; totes appreciate it!
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Do you think people are getting tattoos without having any idea what they mean. Or why they wanted it. My nephew explained to me that he got a full sleeve tattoo because he thought it would be cool. He is old enough to have a tatoo and had the money to pay for it. So everything was legit except for his reason. I have tats but they all have meaning and I had to earn the priveldge of wearing them. What’s you take on people getting tats for no reason.
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