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Old 02-28-2007, 10:12 PM   #31
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Tattoo his whole hand brown?
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Old 03-01-2007, 11:40 AM   #32
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That's really interesting. I was just talking about this concept with a friend of mine the other day. Although, I didn't know they were actually close to being able to do it. I had said that, if tattoos could be somewhat permanent, like my marriage, I'd get full sleeves for a few years. I have two already. I got the first one when I was 16, and really got it just to get a tattoo, not because I was in love with the rose that is now on my back. I wish I had thought more about that one, but it is what it is. It would probably bother me more if I saw it on a regular basis. I love the second, and I'll probably get at least two more.
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Old 03-01-2007, 12:59 PM   #33
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none of my tattoos will be getting removed.. one I'm not so keen on, but it's more to do with the quality of work than the design, I got it when I was 25 and at that point i'd been thinking about getting one since I was 18 or so.. the same design kept coming to mind.. and pretty much since then I've been trying to get one every 3 years.. rule of 3's you know (although I am a little behind this year) to me they serve as reiminder and/or roadmarks. (of who and what I am and who and what I want to be..as well as who I have been).. which I finally got the image offa the damn camera, so I can finally post it on the tattoo thread I started months ago... damn procrastination!
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Old 03-01-2007, 07:30 PM   #34
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Old 03-01-2007, 08:19 PM   #35
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BTW, you can't imagine how bad a vagina can look...
Oh yeah I can, I saw those Britney pics!!!!

Kagen - your chest looks great...I mean...the chest tatt looks great

I have two tatts and want to get another, but I havent had inspiration yet.
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Old 03-01-2007, 09:04 PM   #36
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And my goal is to have it replaced with an actual scar.
More pain? You're already suffering enough by the sound of it. If you must endure pain to obliterate it, why not modify it/cover it up with another tattoo meaningful to you and pooka, so that in future you can look on as progress and fulfilment rather than punishment and failure?

Do I take it you cannot wear jewelery and the like? If so, I feel for you. I have the tiniest wedding/engagement rings, but they still drive me nuts when my eczema plays up. There are many reasons why I wouldn't get a tattoo, but fear of allergy to the ink/needle is a major one.
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Old 03-01-2007, 10:05 PM   #37
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but you don't have to get a piercing where people can see. I have 6 tattoos, including a full back piece of a phoenix that took 20 hours.
Any chance of you posting a picture of the phoenix?
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Old 03-01-2007, 10:32 PM   #38
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Wow, I'd like to see that too, Cloud.
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Old 03-01-2007, 10:51 PM   #39
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Welcome to the Cellar caitlen. Fess up, you just joined for the free birthday cake, didn't ya.


@ Flint. Do the people you come in contact with know it's from your first marriage? Or is it just because you know? For yourself, it seems to me, a scar would be just as much a reminder as the tat. Just the satisfaction of obliterating the last tangible evidence?
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Old 03-02-2007, 02:21 AM   #40
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JW, (I haven't taken the time to read the entire thread) is the needling like, the needle for a flu shot, or getting blood drawn? Cause I would love a tattoo, its creative body art that all human cultures have or had embraced as beautiful. But I hate needles. What a catch.
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Old 03-02-2007, 03:49 AM   #41
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I wouldnt describe it as either like a flu shot OR getting blood drawn. Its just a constant scratching type annoying pain....not hurtful as such.

Meatier places are less painful....eg, my boob tatt didnt hurt at all, but the one on my shoulder blade kinda hurt....it took 3 hours and I am a bleeder (didnt help) but theres not alot of meat over the shoulder bone, so its tender.
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Old 03-02-2007, 06:01 AM   #42
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Is the needling like, the needle for a flu shot, or getting blood drawn? Cause I would love a tattoo, its creative body art that all human cultures have or had embraced as beautiful. But I hate needles.
What Ducks said.

If it's not being done in your line of vision you wouldn't associate it with a needle at all. It really is a scratching feeling - like catching yourself on brambles.

It affects different people differently - my Mum has had 3 kids and is the tough sort of person who would pack an amputated arm in frozen peas and walk to the hospital - but she had to ask for a break when having her rather small tattoo done. My ex called me in the middle of the night on a mercy mission when he cut himself, thinking he might need stitches (it was a shallow scrape) - and yet he had 3 x 1 hours sessions on his shoulder/ back tattoo and nearly fell asleep.

I was amazed by how little it hurt at first, but after a while the vibrations really set my teeth on edge and I thought I'd never get through it.
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Old 03-02-2007, 11:32 AM   #43
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For the record, my back tattoo (and remember, YOU asked for it!)

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Old 03-02-2007, 11:45 AM   #44
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* was think'in* umm If I looked like you Kagen I wouldn't have any regrets either.
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For the record, my back tattoo (and remember, YOU asked for it!)
Beautiful tatoo cloud. A couple of women at work have had full back tatoos done. I respect that freedom one must have over self to go all the way like that!
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Old 03-02-2007, 11:47 AM   #45
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@ Flint. Do the people you come in contact with know it's from your first marriage? Or is it just because you know? For yourself, it seems to me, a scar would be just as much a reminder as the tat. Just the satisfaction of obliterating the last tangible evidence?
I know you asked Flint, not me, but.... I'm terrible about butting in...

Everyone we know is aware it is from the first marriage... which really doesn't matter. They all know the circumstances and it is no big deal. We generally forget it is even there until new people we meet comment on it which leads to the conversation about it being from a former marriage... apologies are issued... etc.
The "marriage" was of so little consequence that it doesn't merit that much attention. It could have been annulled, but that required more effort on our part than the divorce process... (we divorced our former spouses at the same time... made a date out of it actually). It has nothing to do with pain... it is more of an annoyance than anything.

Personally, I wouldn't want to wear my old wedding rings either (not to mention it would sort of be insulting) fortunately, mine weren't tattooed, but if they had been... I'm with Flint. I'd rather have a flesh toned scar than the actual tattoo... why replace something you were talked into in the first place with something else you don't want... just be done with it.

Flint doesn't wear metal rings on his fingers... his wedding band is worn on a chain... occasionally... when he remembers to wear it... actually we are both pretty bad about putting our rings on... ring or no ring... we're still married.
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