When I was considering getting my tattoo I was constantly asking person after person about the pain of the tattoo and I got different answers from everybody. Most of them said it didn't hurt, or it felt like a sharp "scratchy" feeling, but I had a different take on it.
Basically I can describe it as a very pain full experience, it felt like a hot sharp needle and it was on my shoulder blade... so that just made it worse.
But as I explained in one of my earlier blogs, it does depend on the area in which you are getting the tattoo done. Not to mention how big the design is as well, because the bigger the design the longer the tattoo is going to take. But luckily for me, mine only took less than half an hour which was all I could take let me tell you!
After the process of the tattoo is done it has to be covered up with a bandaged.. or in my case it was covered with up a paper towel. But it is only to be left on for an hour and you have to make sure you wash it with warm soapy water. It is also recommended to apply bepanthen or paw paw ointment to the tattoo for at least two weeks as well as washing your tattoo twice a day for preventing infection.
While the new tattoo is healing you may experience some discomfort, I'm pretty sure I did! Normally it tends to become really itchy while it's healing because the skin has been stretched due to the new tattoo. The tattoo also may form a scab while healing, but whatever you do DO NOT pick or touch it while it's healing! Otherwise you have a chance of getting an infection as well as ruining your new tattoo.
To help you learn more about tattoo aftercare I have listed a website to help you!
http://www.squidoo.com/tattoo-healing
Love_G
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i wanna get a tat one day. hopefully sonner rather than later
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