Wrist Tattoos

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Okay so ive got 2 tattoos already but i really want to get one done on my wrist, im just a bit nervous about it as i dont know how different the pains gonna be to those on my back. I just wondered if there was anyone that has a tattoo on their wrist and could give me a rough idea!
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it is gonna hurt sooo bad!

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not me, but my mates got 1 on her back+1 on her wrist, and said the one on her back was far far worse. i really think its down to sensitivity of your skin in the certain area+your own pain threshold

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yeh i know that... ive had two before. And i doubt you've got any so i don't know what your posting for

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cchhaarrllee wrote: »

yeh i know that... ive had two before. And i doubt you've got any so i don't know what your posting for

Erm, you say you dont know how different the pains gonna be on your wrist compared to on your back, i try to help by telling you a friends personal opinion of the very issue YOU asked a question on.....and you come across all bitchy! WTF?
i know i havent got any, i did say "not me, my mate...." so maybe read a persons replies properly before jumping??

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lost+confused wrote: »

not me, but my mates got 1 on her back+1 on her wrist, and said the one on her back was far far worse. i really think its down to sensitivity of your skin in the certain area+your own pain threshold

thats what ive been hearing!
ive got one at the very top of my shoulder blade, then one near the bottom of my back, but a bit higher.
I managed both of those okay im just worried about my wrist because of the artery and that, i don't know if its gonna send pains up my arm or anything. I just thought id ask on here before i go into the tattoo parlour, i don't like going in completely clueless!

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lost+confused wrote: »

Erm, you say you dont know how different the pains gonna be on your wrist compared to on your back, i try to help by telling you a friends personal opinion of the very issue YOU asked a question on.....and you come across all bitchy! WTF?
i know i havent got any, i did say "not me, my mate...." so maybe read a persons replies properly before jumping??

thats cos that wasn't meant for you, lol
sorry!!

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oh sorry, just jumped myself i guess! soz! she thought the same about the artery, but there are more nerves around your spine (due to the spinal chord, etc), so thats worse apparently

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lost+confused wrote: »

oh sorry, just jumped myself i guess! soz! she thought the same about the artery, but there are more nerves around your spine (due to the spinal chord, etc), so thats worse apparently

thats okay... i thought after i posted it that it might have been as though it was aimed at you.

I had the one on my back further up than people usually have them, so it hurt a lot more.
Its just the artery thing im worried about, cos i know people that have had like stars and hearts and stuff on like, the far edge underneath their wrist, but no one's has gone over the artery.
The thing about the spinal cord makes sense though!

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my mates goes over her atery+vein, its a heart type pattern, about the size of a 50p. The tattooist wouldnt do it if it wasnt safe+could potentially damage your vein/wotever!

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i think you're right!
thank you very much ...:)

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na, i don't think you could handle the pain.

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I'm contemplating a wrist tattoo at the moment. I just love the look of them.

Be sure to post a piccie when you do have it done! (Btw, what are you planning to have??)

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I would like one on my wrist but I have skinny wrists and I'd be worried about the pain.

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You probably don't want to hear this but I don't know a single person with a wrist tattoo who didn't hugely regret it (generally sooner rather than later).

I haven't heard awful things about the pain though, it can't be much worse than getting one on your ankle and that didn't hurt me one little bit

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I suppose it's because you see it. You see your wrist all day every day, unless you're wearing gloves, so it's easy to get sick of seeing a tat. On your back, and you have to look in a mirror to see it, so the liklihood of you regretting it, is effectively less.

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briggi wrote: »

You probably don't want to hear this but I don't know a single person with a wrist tattoo who didn't hugely regret it (generally sooner rather than later).

Have they said why? I really want one, I've designed it but don't have the nerve for the pain!

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My best friend has a wrist tattoo, and she said the pain wasnt so bad and i think it looks gorgeous...and shes got quite small hands too..

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My cousin has hers on her wrist. It's quite detailed etc. so it took quite a while, but she said the pain was fine. She even said I'd be able to handle it, and since I'm a wimp (though I handle tattoos fine shockingly) that must mean it can't be that bad

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I have on one my wrist, it's a northern star that I had done to remember someone by. Don't regret it at all and it didn't hurt and more or less than any other tattoo

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i have one on my wrist. tis only a little group of stars and goes about 3 inches down from just below palm of my hand.
when i got it done i was a chicken and got numbing cream and didnt feel a thing!! (so if youre a wuss like me then i recommend getting that done!!)

however, a week after i had it done, i wanted something added to it, so i went back to a tattoo place and DIDNT have numbing cream. and by god it hurt me like hell!!! i dont know if it was because i was more nervous or something but.. i wouldnt voluntarily get it done there again!

also before you get it done - think about future jobs and what theyll think about it. a job im going into the summer didnt like the fact that i had one there - hence the reason why theyve shoved me out of the public eye as a cook. NOT something that i wanted to happen, or would have happened if i hadnt have had the tat

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soraliah wrote: »

i have one on my wrist. tis only a little group of stars and goes about 3 inches down from just below palm of my hand.
when i got it done i was a chicken and got numbing cream and didnt feel a thing!! (so if youre a wuss like me then i recommend getting that done!!)

however, a week after i had it done, i wanted something added to it, so i went back to a tattoo place and DIDNT have numbing cream. and by god it hurt me like hell!!! i dont know if it was because i was more nervous or something but.. i wouldnt voluntarily get it done there again!

also before you get it done - think about future jobs and what theyll think about it. a job im going into the summer didnt like the fact that i had one there - hence the reason why theyve shoved me out of the public eye as a cook. NOT something that i wanted to happen, or would have happened if i hadnt have had the tat

I know what you mean, I do worry about future employers having issues. I'm sure that's some kind of discrimination though? Employers aren't supposed to discriminate on the grounds of you being a woman, or having a particular racial background... so why discriminate if you have tattoos?

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I've got one, and i love it... don't regret it at all. Its the Ohm sign, and its all shaded down, looks really pretty, I think. It didn't really hurt at all, but I have a high pain threshold...
It might hurt because the skin is quite tight and thin there, but its not as bad as ankles or spines or anything like that...

But think carefully about what you want to get because you will be looking at it every day