I thought that this would be an interesting question. How do YOU handle tattoo pain? Are you one of those people who can sit motionless for hours like it is nothing? Or do you wriggle and whine and squeeze your friend's hand? I think that it depends on where your tattoo is. I have tattoos on my bony ankle and my cushiony bicep/arm.. the one on my arm was nothing in the pain department. My ankle hurt; I am not going to sugarcoat it! But only really when he was going over the bone. Some artists "drill" too deeply (this is bad because it can put ink into your fat cells and cause an ink blowout that will permanently discolor your skin around the tattoo!) Mark is nice and light with his needls as much as he can be, but man does it hurt to be tattooed right over bone! I think that I took it OK.. I squirmed a few times but oh well!
I hate the ITCH about a week afterward.. grr!