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For me, it felt like someone dragging a needle across my skin ('cause thats kinda what it is)

If you poke yourself with a pin, you jump in surprise - if you drag it, you don't get the shock, so it hurts less. So for me, it was less uncomfortable than having an injection.

The longer it goes on, the more it hurts (prolonged pain is always worst) but its just a bit irritating rather than painful.

More sensitive areas will hurt more (i.e. inner wrist, back of neck)

I wasn't really worried about the pain, but about jerking away once he'd started. I didn't jerk away, and after about 30 seconds was over it and just thinking about where I was going for lunch :)

Really isn't that bad.

It depends on where on your body it's gonna be. But try this. Take apencil with a really sharp point. Put it on the spot where your tattoo is gonna be. Scratch that piece of skin for at least 5 minutes. It will feel more irritated then painfull. And that's pretty much how it will feel.

Good luck. Just keep the end result in mind. I was scared too. I was on and off the waiting list for 9 months because everytime i got scared. But it really wasn't that bad. Now i'm not scared but scrred! It's addictive!

I have Phil Ochs tattooed on my arm (folks singer) I even have "Never Die" and a rose tattooed throughout my feet, with a tigerbat above the feet on my left foot for Tiger Army. I see me getting a pair extra musician tattoos. I have an Ochs lyric tattoed around the again of my neck (Sacred are the scars) and an Op Ivy lyric around the insides of each hands (It's lovely I could say... I do not need it some other manner.) I'm considering a scorching-rod tradition tat, skulls and roses and a banner, gotta opt for the lyric to move within the banner even though. As it stands at present, I'd on the whole decide on "In demise as in lifestyles, I will come up" or "My judgment of right and wrong contains the load of blood."

Depends how high you pain tolerance is :) its not sooo bad :P