My very first tattoo I have ever gotten was three days before my fourteenth birthday and I know to some of you, your probably thinking wow thats really young but I have been around tattoos all of my life and I am fully aware that they are permanent and how to take care of them and everything.
At A Glance Author anonymous When A year ago Artist tim Studio living canvas Location pennsylvania About two months before I got my tattoo all my friends were talking about getting one so I just decided to wing it and ask my mom anyways even tho I had no idea she would say yes. So of course right away I starting looking on the internet at different pictures so I could really fully decide on which one i wanted to get on my body and wear for the rest of my entire life.
So finally three days before my birthday my mom picked up me, my best friend, and my boyfriend and took us to the tattoo parlor. I decided to just pick out a tattoo there. After an hour of searching through all of the books I finally picked a cute little star. I heard that the outline of the tattoo hurt the most.I was so afraid of it hurting especially because I planned to have it on my ankle. And I also heard it hurt a lot getting it there because it is right next tot he bone. I also did not want to cry or anything since my mom was recording the whole thing and my boyfriend was there. The actual picture was way bigger then what i wanted my tattoo, so the guy took it back and made it smaller. But my mom (since she was the one who was paying for it) said it was still too big and made him make it smaller.
So finally we decided it was the right size for my little ankle and the right amount of money. The guy that was going to do my tattoo, came over and told me to sit on the chair while he scanned in the picture to make it into the traceable stuff they put on you to go over when getting a tattoo. So I sat down a little nervous, but not to bad since I can handle pain very well. I would never cry when getting shots even as a baby. And everyone told me that it wasn't going to hurt very badly. So he placed the ink on my leg and told me to walk around the room and make sure its exactly where I wanted it. So I sat back down and he asked me which colors I wanted. And my boyfriend thought it would be cool to get colors that faded into different colors.
The guy told me that he was going to start and it should feel like bee stings over and over again. Which scared the shit out of me because I am very afraid of bees! But if it hurt too badly I could tell him to stop at any time. And then he started. It didn't hurt at all. I was shocked. I worried myself so much for nothing. At first there was a little pain whenever he took the needle out to put more ink on it and I hated when he did that. But after about 5 minutes from the vibrations of the tattoo gun my leg went kind of numb so I didn't feel anything.
After about a half an hour it was finally done! And I had my very first tattoo! I was so excited. Then about 2 hours after I got it, thats when it started hurting. It started to burn but not to bad. So I kept the ointment on it and it wasn't bad. Then came school on monday. I didn't want to roll my jeans because that would look stupid since it was snowing outside, but I had to anyways. Since I still had to keep ointment on my leg, my jeans stuck to it which later on I realized that pulled some of the color out but it is not a big deal at all because I went back six months later and got it all recolored since I missed it up. It bled the second time because he went deeper into my skin and I had 2 let it all heal again with my pants rolled up, but it wasn't so bad this time because it was very warm outside. Everything was so worth it!
After it was fully healed I started looking again for more tattoos. I wanted them everywhere. Good thing my mother said no for a little while because I would probably be covered. Tattoos are very addicting!
My birthday is tomorrow and I am going to go get another tattoo this time with much more detail since I know how bad its going to hurt on my lower back! I cant wait!