Some classic spots are behind the ear, sternum, and joint areas such as the wrist, ankle, and hip." Her personal favorite spots for smaller tattoos that flow well are "anywhere on the arms, the side of the neck, the top of the foot, the upper butt bordering the hip, above the knee, and upper hamstrings."
Hide it with clothes and accessories.
If you strategically placed your tattoo, it should be easy to hide with long sleeves, a thick watch band or bracelet, a bandaid or a ring. Just wearing your hair down can cover a tattoo behind your ear or on the back of your neck.
-The artist may ask to see the body part that you would like tattooed. If it is a private body part, or if you need to expose undergarments to show the body part, you should be escorted to a more private place in the studio. -The artist may ask with your consent to take a photograph of the body part.
The least painful places for a woman to get a tattoo are areas with less nerve endings and thicker skin like the outside of your shoulders or the outside of your upper thighs.
Butterflies are the most popular tattoos in the USA
Again, whether you opt for a large or small design, with vibrant colors or intense shading, flower tattoos are extremely versatile.
Most guys agree that the shoulder, the upper back, or the hip are the hottest places for women to have tattoos (all being rated a 3.3 on a five-point scale). On the flip side, a face tattoo is (pretty unsurprisingly if you ask me) the least attractive to both men and women, being rated a 1.4 on the scale.
How Much is a Small Tattoo? A smaller tattoo often costs just $50 to $150, although this depends on other factors like complexity. Getting a simple outline of a star will typically cost less than a watercolor flower, for instance.
Your Wrist
Most female customers will choose the wrist as the location for the first tattoo. It's the perfect placement for a tattoo that is delicate and dainty.
It has been shown that women have a lower pain threshold and a lower tolerance than men to most types of nociceptive stimuli; therefore, women report increased pain sensation and further greater sensitivity to both clinical and experimental pain [21].
Tattoos and aging or weight gain play an important role in how that ink looks over time. Try to place your tattoos in an area where you are least likely to gain the most weight or deal with skin sagging, such as the neck, upper back, hands, forearms, ankles, and feet.
Shaving the area to be tattooed is mandatory before the ink application because we need to ensure there is no visible or invisible hairs between the needle and the top layer of the skin. Shaving helps the tattooist to perform a precise and beautiful artwork.
Does placement also factor into the stories our tattoos tell? The short answer is: yes, your tattoo location can certainly give onlookers some insight into who you are. But there's no science when it comes to what your tattoo placement says about you.
While no tattoo will be completely painless, Wiwi points out that fine line tattoos hurt less as they use small needles. However, Boyle points out that placement can greatly affect how much getting a tattoo hurts, not to mention the skill level of the artist.
What does tattoo pain feel like? Even though needles produce tattoos, it doesn't feel like you're getting stabbed. It's nothing like getting a shot, either. The artist is actually drawing on your skin, so it feels like that — but more burn-y.