![]() The longer a session goes on for, the more pain you’ll experience as your ability to withstand pain tends to get lower the longer you’re exposed to it. All these factors increase how much the tattoo will hurt. Larger, more detailed tattoos will hurt more because they take longer and require intricate work like shading, coloring, and other types of detailing, which usually requires switching between multiple types of needles for different parts of the tattoo. There are, however, some factors that affect pain levels and you can use these to decide the size, level of detail, and placement of your tattoo so it hurts less for you!įactors That Affect Tattoo Pain Levels Tattoo Size and Level of Detail ![]() ![]() ![]() Getting a tattoo involves poking ink into the skin using anything between 1 and 20 needles that pierce the skin at approximately 10-15 needle drops per second, which means no tattoo is going to be fully painless.Ĭheck out this really cool video from Smarter Every Day to see how tattooing works – in slow motion! What kind of tattoo design hurts the least? Which body part will hurt less to get inked on? Read on to find out! Why do tattoos hurt?įirst and foremost, it’s important to understand what makes tattoos hurt. Getting a tattoo is a big decision, and how much it’s going to hurt is a big part of making that decision.
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