There is no specific place in the body where pain is felt the most. There are areas more painful and sensitive because they are located in bony prominences and also in tendons (such as hands and feet), where nerve bundles are most superficial or where the fatty tissue is more scarce. Other than that, the level of pain can vary greatly from person to person – after all, everyone can handle it in a different way. The tattooing process is usually painful because it causes a slight injury to two layers of the skin: the epidermis and the dermis. Because they are more stable, the dermis cells are able to fix the ink, so the tattoo design stays sharp on the skin for a long time.
-The depth with which the needle penetrates the skin ranges from 0.3 to 0.5 mm
-The solar filter is your ally! Over time, ultraviolet radiation causes the tattoo to lose color and sharpness.
HOLD ON IF YOU CAN!
Do you want to tattoo your face or feet? So get ready to suffer
Face
It’s where the trigeminal nerve, which makes the face sensitive from the forehead to the mandibular region. Some say that tattooing near the mouth causes almost unbearable pain.
Groin
There are several nerves that go to the genital areas and what are extremely sensitive. As the skin over there is also thinner, the pain ends up being greater.
Ankle
The pain is moderate compared to other parts of the body. For some, the suffering is greater because the fatty tissue it is scarcer and the skin becomes closer bone, creating friction
Rib
You bones are the problem in this region, especially if the person is thinner. That’s not to mention the nerves who pass by there
legs and arms
On the inner surface of both limbs, the skin is delicate. Try giving a Pinch and you will feel the drama. Now, imagine needles sticking there…
Hands and feet
On the back of the limbs, the skin is thinner and, therefore, the nerve endings are more superficial and exposed to the needles
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SOURCES Fabíola Viterbo, from the Brazilian Society of Dermatology; Carlos Alberto Komatsu, president of the Brazilian Society of Plastic Surgery; Christiana Blattner, dermatologist; Alexandre Giangiulio Peixoto (Nany), tattoo artist at the Led’s Tattoo studio; Eric Sazzolino Schwartz (Boreu), tattoo artist and representative of the Association of Tattoo Artists and Piercers of Brazil in the Federal District