What does getting a tattoo feel like?

What does getting a tattoo feel like? Ive always wondered this, i want a small tattoo but i hate any type of needle ?
1.A small one will be nothing at all. Don’t think about it as being “painful”, and it won’t be. You’re over thinking this whole thing and making it out to be ALOT worse than what it is, believe me.

2.You still pondering over the memorial tattoo for the baby you lost? Depending on where you get it, it can feel like hard pressure from a dull butter knife to just a dull burning feeling.

3.my name is jake and its not so bad i got 10 just think a butter nife that is not sharp i can take it a girl can take it so can you a scracth is not bad try this scracth youself kinda fast the pain 2 sec and it is gone ones that line is gone you are done and you move on to the next line you will not feel that line after that i got my last name on my back it hurt but not that bad i not scared eny more i thougt it was going to hurt bad bad not to bad do trust yourself.

4.I would discribe it as like have a sewing needle scraped quite hard accross your skin. It’s like a stingy/burn sensation that stops withing a few minutes of the tattoo being completed. After that - as it is healing - it itches like crazy but you MUST NOT scratch it. That was the worst bit for me.

The pain is different in different places.
The top of my arm was ok (that one lasted 45 minutes) My shoulder blade was the best, I got really used to it and switched off to what he was doing. (that one lasted 1 hour)
The top of my thigh/hip really hurt (but that only lasted 20 minutes)

5.It also depends upon where abouts on your body you have the tattoo done. I have heard that having a tattoo on loose skin, say around the belly button area can be quite painful. But then I have also heard that having a tattoo on bone (eg ankle) is quite painful.

Shoulder blades feel a bit irritable, but too painful.

If its your first tattoo just dont go for anything too big.

6.depends on the location, in areas where ther is more “meat” is not so bad, but in areas on bone, like the top of the feet, the hands, the back (over your spine) can hurt a little more. I have 7.. they all hurt a little but you get used to the sensation after a minute or so…

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