I passed out twice on my first one, which is on the base of my spine. It's one of the more painful places. General rule of thumb is that it hurts more over bone and less over muscle or fat. Of course, over fat, it has more opportunity to shift and change shape over time, which is why there will never be a tattoo in my midsection.
My thought, and I don't know if anyone else would corroborate this, is that it hurts more towards the spine than it does toward the outside of your back. That might have been because we were right over my shoulder blade towards the inside though. Near the underarm was a disturbing feeling because that would normally tickle, and well, it didn't with this. Personally, I'm more bothered by the skin irritation of going over a spot several times with different needles than I am by the pain of the needle itself.
This, of course, is all coming from a woman who ended up with a total of 19 ear piercings at one point, in an effort to rid herself of her fear of needles. Didn't work.
But seriously, don't wait on the body for the tat, unless you're getting it put someplace that will drastically change shape. Both mine have on some level been about claiming my life as my own, so I knew when the time was right.
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Date: 2006-01-31 03:01 pm (UTC)My thought, and I don't know if anyone else would corroborate this, is that it hurts more towards the spine than it does toward the outside of your back. That might have been because we were right over my shoulder blade towards the inside though. Near the underarm was a disturbing feeling because that would normally tickle, and well, it didn't with this. Personally, I'm more bothered by the skin irritation of going over a spot several times with different needles than I am by the pain of the needle itself.
This, of course, is all coming from a woman who ended up with a total of 19 ear piercings at one point, in an effort to rid herself of her fear of needles. Didn't work.
But seriously, don't wait on the body for the tat, unless you're getting it put someplace that will drastically change shape. Both mine have on some level been about claiming my life as my own, so I knew when the time was right.