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Foot tattoos
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I've been contemplating getting a tattoo for years, and I'd like one on my foot and/or wrist. Trouble is, I've heard foot tattoos can be a bit dodgy as they can fade and go out of shape quicker due to the skin on the foot takes a bit more of a bashing. So does anyone have one or know someone that's had one for quite a while? Do they fade quite badly, is it something that can be touched up or will they end up looking a mess?
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I've never heard of them fading any fast than normal tattoos though there maybe some truth in that, as the foot is always in use and the skin rubs of quicker (I think)
As to whether they can be touched up, any decent tattoo artist will be able to do this easylish depending on the complexity of the design, if its very complex then it would be hard to have it done but simple very easy
Hope its helps
FUCKING OUCH!! id heard before getting it that it would be sore, and this was my 4th tattoo so i figured it wouldnt be too bad but it was worse than expected!!
I couldnt walk properly or put my whole weight on the foot for about a week, and then things became alright.
in terms of colour, they tend to fade when u get it done close to the sole. the skin there is very thin and wears easily from walking so id say youd notice colour fading after maybe.. 6 months - to a year?! depending on the colour of it of course - apparently black fades slower than colour.
Ive had mine just over 2 years now, and the bit thats lowest down on the foot along the side is the only bit thats faded. doesnt take much to get it redone though, as long as u dont mind going through the pain again!!!
I do think foot tattoos are v pretty tho and id recommend getting one there!
I love foot tattoos and wrist ones i have both want one on my thumb next :d x
I feel quite safe in saying bullshit to this, it may not have hurt hugely but all tattoos are goint to hurt to some extent as your having a needle jabbed into your body repeatedly, you may thing that it didn't hurt that much when you think back to it but I'm sure that at the time you were in some degree of pain that in somewhere like the back of the leg
Theres truth behind that, colour pigment in tattoos is faded quicker by the sun but so long as you look after your tattoos it shouldn't faded noticably quicker
And seen as the foot is mostly bone thats going to hurt
Not to put OP off, they're still worth getting as they look AWESOME
My foot did not swell and it did not hurt and its not bullshit my hubbi and the tattooist could not believe it was not hurting me i also had another one done on the bony part of my shoulder and this did not hurt either.
:d maybe i am odd and feel no pain who knows but its not very nice to say BULLSHIT !!!. X
You say that as if there is something wrong with being gay?
To Curly Boy just so u get an idea how my pain threshold is high i had major surgery on my tummy and just took paracetomols (spelt that wrong ) the nurse said i should have been having Morphine shots, i said to her its not that bad!!
I had both my children naturally with no pain relief and guess what it honest to god did'nt hurt i enjoyed both my labours. ( i think maybe i am a little odd) Lol
Have a fun weekend x
Also, if you had major surgery you would be put under general anstetic (spelt right??) minor surgery possibly but I still don't believe that you felt NO pain when having a foot tattoo done, let alone putting any pressure on it the day after having it done because it WOULD have swelled up a certain amount, this varies between people but theres absoulutly no chance that it wouldn't swell making it slightly painfull to walk
I agree.. I call bullshit.. I just had BOTH feet done two weeks ago.. The pain has just subsided. My feet were swollen and it was painful. To say you felt nothing - is BS
Where as mine is teeny tiny and it did not hurt x