
Small and simple, I love the way it looks when I throw on a pair of pumps. I remember when I got my foot tattoo, I squeezed my cousin's hand so tightly to the point where I'm not sure how she didn't lose circulation (and that tat is tiny). “I’ve had tattoos all over my body and usually after about 1-2 hours, once the body is used to it and stops reacting, the initial pain signals subside a little.As beautiful as tattoos can be, the truth for most of us is that, unless you have a very high pain tolerance, the process of getting a piece done isn't always fun. “The worst thing about getting a tattoo on the ribcage is that the pain doesn’t let up,” he explained, having experienced the pain first-hand. When talking to Cosmopolitan, Fredrik ranked the ribs as one of the most painful spots to get inked. The assessment seems to be consistent with other top tattoo artists, including Fredrik Glimskär, CEO of the online tattoo marketplace Inkbay (FYI that means they sell tattoo designs online – it had us stumped too). Ribs, elbows, feet (top and bottom), kneecaps and sternum all made the list for Kerri and the team. “For example, how you feel on the day, whether you have the flu or just feel run down, what style of tattoo you get done as different styles put different pressures on the skin, the artist, as some could be more heavy-handed, and then finally the placement.”

So what areas hurt the most? “It does depend on a few things at the time,” said Kerri of the UK’s New Wave Tattoo when talking to The Independent.


“Well maybe not very (sic) one!! Over a hundred hours of art work on my body and I wouldn’t take back a single one.”īut if you’re looking to get some ink, and scared of the associated pain, you might want to steer clear of some pain points identified by some of the world’s top tattooists. “If tattooed (sic) didn’t hurt everyone would have them,” the Biebs said in a recent Insta post.
