Do your research. Check out portfolios. Haggle pricing or price shop. Have no idea what tattoo you want to get. Artists will work with any ideas, pictures, sketches, stick drawings you have. Just have something. Make sure you get something you love. Have a tight schedule. Forget to shower and brush your teeth. You and your tattoo artist will be in close proximity for an extended period of time. Bringing one friend — fine.
It takes up space and is distracting. Blow off your aftercare. Forget to tip. Show up for your appointment with an injury. Your body needs all its healing strength for your tattoo. Competing with another injury could affect your healing. No heavy weight lifting two days prior to sitting for your session. We use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. Do not sell my personal information.
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This will help keep your blood sugar up and help you avoid feeling dizzy or faint during your appointment. To prepare for a long tattoo appointment, make sure that you have plenty of water, healthy snacks, and other drinks. Your artist will likely need to take a few breaks during your tattoo to stretch, eat, or drink. Use this time to do the same. If you start to feel dizzy or faint at any time during your tattoo appointment, tell your artist immediately and ask for a break.
Eating snacks like nuts or candy or drinking Gatorade can help boost your blood sugar. Consider the area you plan to get tattooed and wear clothing that makes it easy for the artist to access.
If you are getting your leg tattooed, shorts may be the best option. A tank top may be a better option for an upper-arm tattoo. While artists are generally careful and try to protect client clothing during the tattoo process, getting ink or stencil on your clothing during a tattoo—especially a large piece—is a very real possibility.
Prior to your tattoo appointment, reach out to the shop or your artist to ask what forms of payment they accept. Wylde says that the majority of tattoo studios only accept cash payments. If you know that cash is the only accepted payment method, visit your bank in advance and take out enough cash to pay for your tattoo. Try to do this a day or two in advance, to avoid stress or running late on the day of your appointment.
If tattoo studios do accept credit card payments, they may charge an additional processing fee. However, reading forums people say oh don't do that whilst others say that's what you should do I just did a 14 hour back session and in all honesty it was very painful.
There were maybe three times where it became a little painful but it could have been because the area. Yes we did a couple short breaks during the 14 hours but it was necessary for the artist and myself. I had my tattoo done on two hours rest and hadn't ate all day.
About 15 minutes left of the session I became a little exhausted and nauseated but it was due to not eating and lack of sleep. I ate some chocolate and took about a 15 minute break then left fine. I continued to finish my tattoo and had another piece I wanted done and was ready but my artist was exhausted himself. I look forward to my next session. I believe in relaxing and proper breathing.
If you do this you should be just fine. Also hydrate your body before you begin. My next piece shouldn't exceed hours so it will be a walk in the park. Have done many 7 hours sessions on my back and multiple hour sessions on various body parts at conventions with various artists. I can attest to the tattoo flu on very long sessions feel worn down achy and even that sick feeling at times.
Eating and rest is the only thing that helps. As for getting cold while being tattooed, a wonderful artist named Russ Abbott gave me the idea of using a heating pad on long tattoo sessions under you torso and I must tell you I now travel with one in my bag to every tattoo session I get!
Might not use it be you won't see me shivering in a chair at some convention at 10 at night ever again! I did 6 and half hours last night. And that's the longest I've ever had done. I'm no rookie getting tats but that was the most painful at the end and it felt like my hip was being blow torched for hours!
Is this pain normal I must ask? Did a 10 hour sitting the other day, my longest before that was 4 hours. We would have broken it down but I was in from out of town and couldn't come back for months. We were planning on about 6 hours. I was good until the last hour, that one was gritting my teeth as he went over putting in the fine details. Was it worth it? Hell yeah, I got an awesome piece. Will I do it again?
Hell no, I'll schedule it for multiple sessions. Taking a break was the worst thing I could have done!!!! The pain went through the roof Maybe I've got less chub on that I still laughed along and tried joining in , but the next 3 hours were a heck of a lot longer than the first 3 Like others have said , I'd have hated going home half done I know better for next time to divi it up if it's gonna be another long one.
I just did 5 hours and it was only in the last hour it really started hurting. Although when I finally got home, I got a headache, stomach pains and naturally my arm was aching like hell! I had a tattoo done today and was having a session for 4hrs but it wasnt quite finished so ended up on 5hr session that's the longest I've ever sat as I havn't had many tattoos but I only felt cold in the first hr of my session I'm guessing it was party to do with the area of my tattoo I was very lucky as I had a amazing tattoo Artis who did an amazing job!
Just like the above I do have a headache but I had to drive 14miles to and from which isn't far but far enough! Had my back done, 5 hours yesterday. It hurt but was tolerable for the first 4. At first I thought it was my bra that I was laying on so I moved it but it was definitely the spot he was tattooing. At that point I was about done. Couldn't control my relaxed breathing I had going on and my body tensed up so the pain got worse.
But now I'm mentally freaked out. I'm thinking maybe doing 3 hour sessions from here on out. I have to go back in 1 week. But any advice on how to get mentally prepared again? I know the pain will be ten times worse if I keep thinking about how bad that hurt. It's gonna take several sessions so we didn't push.
I'm now at 30 hours on my back The 3rd which was about a month after the second was a heavy session LOVE all the ink I've got now I did a full sleeve first tattoo in 2 sits 10hrs first day and 6 hrs detail and shading 6 days later. Good artist and high pain tolerance goes a long ways. After 10hr session went home and started cooking for party next day, took a 2hr nap in there somewhere and was good to go all day next day. No pain wore out feeling or shakiness at all. All in all glad i did it that way wasn't walking around for a long time with puzzle piece looking arm.
Most painful experience I had ever felt. Literally teeth chattering, cold and exhausted. The ribs is a completely different level of pain, especially 8 hours. I have pretty much tattooed my whole body, I started with hours sessions and found them ok. As of last year I upped my sessions to hour sittings and found them ok.
After 4 hours the pain starts to hit, after the 6th hour time fly's and I stop feeling pain. I have had 3 10 hour sessions before 3 days in a row and my ink has healed perfectly. Just sat for 7 hours Was set for 5 and went long. Sat like a champ for the first 6 hours or so. During the last hour I got shakes and super cold in my hands and feet. Thus was followed by cold sweats and nausea with a feeling of about to pass out.
I have multiple tattoos and thus is the first time thus has happened to me. I got something to drink and a piece of gum and immediately felt better so we went on. My artist said it was a bloood sugar drop. It's now been 2 hours since completing the session and I feel fi e other than me feet being like ice cubes.
I guess we will see how this goes. But I won't sit for a session that long again without being prepared with snacks Nd stuff. Maybe I'm super human or just female.. I have sat for 3.
I ate before hand, kept Gatorade with me to drink throughout, and mostly.. Talk to your artist other people in the shop.. Listen in on conversations, it's will distract you. For me, getting tatooed is a form of release and self determination and a lesson in acceptance.
But I will say, the body can only handle so much stress.. First experience of tattoo flu for me today. Longest was 9 hours and I was fine if not a bit goofy that night. Yesterday my bicep was attacked for 6 hours and I feel like crap. The difference? I kept my blood sugar up during the tattoo but I didn't eat when I got home crashed hard.
BIG mistake. Just did a 9 hour session on my left thigh inner middle and outer from 2pm to 11pm lots of shading and gloss was exhausted when I got home and mysteriously I was playing with a plastic bag in my sleep but weird thing I had the worst migraine the day after in the afternoon I have done a 7 hour Valkyrie on my shoulder in one sitting and I didn't have it happen just am wondering if anyone else had this happen to em??
Did a 6 and half hour session recently on my arm. No pain in the session but when I got home I felt low on sugar and very light headed. Did a 6 hour session yesterday and was fine for about 5 of it. Im the process of finishing up my arm sleeve!
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