Got my armpits tattooed finally! - Page 2

danithegirl · #11 06-11-2007, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by sephiroth

And what was the drug of choice?

3 hydrocodones(sp) before the first pit - which took about 3 hours with two 10 or 15 minute breaks. Then two more before the second which was about 2.5 hours straight thru - it was straight thru b/c I'm a lightweight when it comes it pills and I was pretty much comatose after the other 2 hit me. The last 45 minutes of the second pit though were the most painful b/c I think the pills had pretty much worn off...I still felt f@#ked but the pain was stronger than it had been for any of the rest. I don't know the dosage - they were hot pink though. lol...

I was in a daze for the rest of the day too. lol... I'd say all the driving - the not eating too terribly much and all the pills had me as walking zombie. Don't worry I brought a friend along to be my driver.

I wish I would have had pills for the recovery! lol...

I got them on a Saturday - was off Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Sunday was the most painful day. They are still just a bit sore in the crease on the outsides but are almost completely healed.

I sucked it up and shaved on Saturday b/c the armpit hair was long and pokie and making my armpits more uncomfortable and irritated. Still no deoderant though! lol... So, no more peach fuzz but if I don't wash them really good every 8 hours or so they start to smell like rotten vagina - with a touch of A&D (I am putting A&D on the crease-edge where it is still slightly swollen and still healing). Yup, I said rotten giner.

danithegirl · #12 06-11-2007, 12:19 PM

All the color held great.

I'm still going in for a touch up once they heal back up completely - and I'm not looking forward to that since the healing sucks so much ass.

I would recommend getting them done to anyone who can eat their wheaties and sit like a champ. I love them - the application part of the pain is no where near what you think it would be - the healing is where it sucks. The frist 2.5 days are horrid. The next 3 days are alright - painful but you're relieved that it only hurts as much as it does. Then after that it is only slight pain. Like if I cough really hard, get a mean shiver, or do a shot that makes you cringe a little - it sends kind of a tingle-like shock to them.

I didn't get sick - everyone warned me that since it was on top of lymph nodes that I would probably get sick after getting them done but I didn't. Didn't even get the sniffles.

If you want to check out my artist's other work http://www.myspace.com/paulyestercheesedookie

He hasn't been tattooing incredibly long (I think about 3-4 years _ I oculd be underestimating that a little) and is just really starting to get into photo-realism. He works with Ryan Hadley - so it is hard for him to get the photo realism clients at the shop b/c Ryan is known for them and gets most of them.

But you should definitely check out his work - he is someone to watch grow and evolve!