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Another reason i don't want one is because what if I hate it? When you get them removed it hurts like heck! It's like a rubber band snapping your skin and even after your done with the treatments your skin will still have some of the ink so that looks even worse.
~Rachel
They all varied in price.Quote:
Originally posted by wolfsoul
I have question --- How much did all your tatoos cost???
Of course I got mine all about 10 years ago, so I'm sure they're much more expensive now.
I've paid anywhere from $25 for the small one on my hand, up to $800 for the large one on my back & leg.
I'm not one who believes in pain for beauty's sake - I am the way I am, and if counting my freckles doesn't amuse you enough, well, then, that's not My problem! I don't have any piercings or tattooes, scars are enough as far as I'm concerned. Besides, what if I change my mind? A tattoo is permanent! So if I wanted a butterly one say, a bunny the nexy, it wouldn't be possible. I'll stick with the skin I've got, thanks!
If you're going to get a tattoo, make sure you have it done by a professional, whose shop looks clean, smells clean, and has been in business for a while. Infection is a serious thing, so also with any piercings or tattoos, make sure to ask how to care for it while it heals, and then follow the instructions to the letter.
Also, make sure you've seen the artist's work on someone else. Just because they can draw well doesn't mean they can tattoo well. You don't want it to fade or smear within a year.
I have a tattoo on my lower left side. Its of a real Morpho butterfly that I found in a butterfly book.
http://www.elbosquenuevo.org/picture...-cypris-3b.jpg
(this is just an online picture, but this shows the type of butterfly)
I had been planning my tatto since I was 16 and got it when I was 20. I've always been mesmerized by butterflies and wanted a real butterfly, not a cutesy cartoony one. I brought a butterfly book to my artist and she traced it, even the crooked antena. :) I wanted it smaller, but found out that if she shrunk the design, it would look cartoony because it was so detailed.
My artist uses only new needles for each person...throwing out all used ones. I had to wait an extra two hours because she forget her needles at home! :eek: I was nervous already!!
It hurt, but it wasn't the worst pain I've felt. They do a few lines, then wipe...so its not a constant pain. I think the worst part were the color fill ins.
I think the most annoying part of my tattoo experience was that I had to go back for my color...when I did, I found out that she quit (and later died in a sky diving accident!! :eek: ) So someone else did my color...it turned out great, but I would have prefered my artist have done the whole thing.
I love my tattoo -almost 5 years later- its as pretty as it was when I first had it done and I still am so glad I had it done.
I do want another one. I really want a cat's profile...all black and prissy. I've found what I want, I just need to figure out where to put it. I don't like people to see my tattoo unless I want them to, people too often judge you incorrectly. I think most people that know me are shocked that I have one. :)
Noahsmommy, I want the cat profile, too! I want a black cat, in a halloween pose, with his face in sight. And, about the time of the second coming, I will have it done...he he he..
I drew it on a peice of paper and then they liked them so much that they got them as tattoos.Quote:
Originally posted by allanimalswelcome
TM what did you mean by you drew on your mom and aunts?
I would NEVER get a tattoo if it wasn't done prefissionally.
Pamala Anderson got hepititis from sharing a tatoo needle. Just a little something I picked up from reading newspapers online.
~Rachel
I have two cents on the Pamela Anderson, hepatitis thing. I know it's off subject. lol. Hepatitis is also sexually transmitted. She was married to Tommy Lee, so odds are they had sex. So how would she know rather the hepatitis came from a needle or sex? I think she just prefers to think it came from a needle because it sounds better then 'STD'.
True...that's true but I believe you can get hepetitis from other then sex.
Anyway there are still probelms that come along with having a tattoo. It's a risk.
~Rachel
LIFE is a risk....Quote:
Originally posted by allanimalswelcome
Anyway there are still probelms that come along with having a tattoo. It's a risk.
You're also talking about PORN STAR, lol.Quote:
Originally posted by Tonya
I have two cents on the Pamela Anderson, hepatitis thing. I know it's off subject. lol. Hepatitis is also sexually transmitted. She was married to Tommy Lee, so odds are they had sex. So how would she know rather the hepatitis came from a needle or sex? I think she just prefers to think it came from a needle because it sounds better then 'STD'.
If you do some serious research, you can find that tattooing is not a HUGE risk. A tattoo parlor should not differ much from a hospital. If you make sure everything is steril, and in some cases new, then you're fine. And, of course, if you care well for you tattoo afterwards there's not a huge risk. IMO, the biggest risk you're taking is that you won't like your tattoo later in you life. Some people get allergic reactions to the ink, but that is very rare and it usually happens to people who already have skin conditions and probably shouldn't have gotten a tattoo in the first place.Quote:
Originally posted by allanimalswelcome
True...that's true but I believe you can get hepetitis from other then sex.
Anyway there are still probelms that come along with having a tattoo. It's a risk.
~Rachel
I got one about eight years ago to cover a surgery scar. Heaps better than seeing the scar - surprised my doctor the day he went to check on the scar and saw a group of coloured hearts instead ;)
I'm still happy with it, and it's positioned where no one can see it unless I choose to show it.