Want to get a tattoo but would like advice...

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

Daang let you tatoo her spider on your body??

Susan I'm mad. You said I couldn't put your name on my bum and here your letting this guy put your snakes on his body. :(

FINE No pie for you!

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I am not a guy. I am a woman. lol. and she is my neighbor and bf ;)

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

See the basic idea is to keep the scab moist so that it doesn't dry out, crack, and flake of early and pull ink out of the new skin underneath, Lotion, Coco butter will all work.

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I agree, i only use cocoa butter and triple a ointment for tattoos. Also the plastic wrap is to keep dust or dirt off the tattoo for a few hours.

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Originally Posted by jeffnme

I am not a guy. I am a woman. lol. and she is my neighbor and bf ;)

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My appoligies on the gender mixup..

Susan is great!

Tell her I said hello and no pie for her she'll know what I mean.

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

My appoligies on the gender mixup..

Susan is great!

Tell her I said hello and no pie for her she'll know what I mean.

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no problem ;)

and yea...she's alright i guess :psychotic ;)

I have my whole upper back done now and anywhere near bone or your spine or any "harder" place is painfull, but it's worth it. I went to a lot of places after going through the 18 year old "tattoo me now" phase and I'm really happy with the girl who fixed mine all up. IMO, thrice tattoed and my girl has four and she agrees...girls do better ink. It might just be how the cookie crumbled, but she cared way more for us than any other tattoo either one of us had ever got. She was way more patient, calmer, easier to talk to, professional, cleaner, and was a better artist than any other. My girlfriend said she had the same type of experience with a different woman who did her back. Like I said, It could of been chance, but I don't think so. I've talked to close to forty tatooists before I had my back redone and extended.

I use bacitration for a day and then Bag Balm (sp?) for a week or so afterwards for healing. Mine look new to the day.

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

See the basic idea is to keep the scab moist so that it doesn't dry out, crack, and flake of early and pull ink out of the new skin underneath, Lotion, Coco butter will all work.

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might i add, that all the tattoos i got only 3, but i used bepanthen nappy rash cream on them,,healed very quickly.10 days is all it took.bepanthen , i dont know if you can get in the states but the closest thing to it should be ok,as long as its not too heavily medicated.
all tattoos do hurt,but for me i have a high tolerance for pain so maybe thats why mine didnt hurt me that much.after the first 5 minutes i mean.it gets to be an enjoyable experience getting a tattoo,the sound of the buzzing needle justs puts ya into a trance.deadly buzz.

Well with me after the outline the skin went numb so all I feel is my skin jumping up and down.

Join inkednation.com and do a search for tattoo artists in your area, then find a good one. You can look through their portfolios on there and talk to them. Once you find one whose work you really like, tell him what you are thinking and he/she will tell you what are good ideas and what aren't. The artist who is going to do the work can answer all your questions better than anyone else, and they will know exactly what you want when it comes time to sketch it out.

I'm getting 2 new tattoos done in about 2 hours by Darrin White from NC who's touring the U.S. right now. I talked to him about a month ago when I found out he would be in Illinois and told him what I wanted and set up an appointment. I wouldn't go any other route than that. I'm excited. Darrin's an awesome artist.

www.bmezine.com not exactly a tattoo site,its a body modification site, with alot of links and reports,really good site,has info on expo's and stuff liek that, worth a look.

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

Will hurt thin skin close to the bone will you live through it yes. places that don't hurt arms, shoulder, calves chest.

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:O

My shoulder was the worst EVER!!!! I sooo cried and tried to bribe/beg the artist to stop...he totally wouldn't!!!! I did get it all done in one sitting though...it was like 4 hours.

I will agree with you about the arm not hurting though. That was cake! And I say that still having to go back to finish the underneath. Sooo, yeah...I'll probably cry.....again!!!!

btw..by crying I mean tearing up....not actually crying my eyes out!:tears: