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"... remember to call it "research""
 
   So. Anybody here have a tattoo?

I'm looking for information about the process, if you will. I understand they're a bit painful to get, which stands to reason given that they essentially constitute a jillion small puncture wounds, but how long does it stay that way? And can you see what it is immediately, or does it get all scabby for a bit first? (And if so, for how long?)

I've had characters who had them before, but never acquired recently enough for any of that to matter, and I'm not method-actor enough to go get one myself so that I know the answers firsthand. :)

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  RE: ... remember to call it "research" Pasha May-28-13 1
  RE: ... remember to call it "research" laudre May-28-13 2
  RE: ... remember to call it "research" MuninsFire May-28-13 3
  RE: ... remember to call it "research" CGWolfgang May-28-13 4
     RE: ... remember to call it "research" Gryphonadmin May-29-13 5
         RE: ... remember to call it "research" laudre May-29-13 6
             RE: ... remember to call it "research" Mephronmoderator May-30-13 7

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Pasha
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1. "RE: ... remember to call it "research""
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   >So. Anybody here have a tattoo?
>
>I'm looking for information about the process, if you will. I
>understand they're a bit painful to get, which stands to reason given
>that they essentially constitute a jillion small puncture wounds, but
>how long does it stay that way? And can you see what it is
>immediately, or does it get all scabby for a bit first? (And if so,
>for how long?)
>
>I've had characters who had them before, but never acquired recently
>enough for any of that to matter, and I'm not method-actor enough to
>go get one myself so that I know the answers firsthand. :)
>


Girlfriend has a dozenish, sez:
"How much it hurts is dependent on location, but feels like a kitten scratch. Like latching on and dragging down. Same feeling. Only really hurts while it's happening, not continuing on.

You can see it pretty much while they're tattooing you, and by the time they bandage it, there is very little blood, so you can see it perfectly then."

--
-Pasha (Who has none, because when he was young and dumb enough to get them, was too convinced that he was going to need to be a nameless baddass to want permanent identifiers. He's also greatful he's grown out of that, but thinks he's too damned old to start getting tattoos.)


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2. "RE: ... remember to call it "research""
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   I have one, gotten several years ago. It hurts, yes, but, as stated in the other comment, it depends where you get it; the general rule is that the more dense the nerves, and the less meat between skin and bone, the more it'll hurt. It feels like exactly what it is: a series of very rapid, shallow pinpricks.

It'll be visible right away. There might be some slight scabbing, but it'd be very slight (where it scabs, the color's less likely to take -- one day I'll have to get my own ink touched up because of that). It needs to stay covered to help stave off infection for the first several hours after ink; to facilitate showing off, though, some tattoo artists will cover it with Saran wrap or an equivalent (i.e. clean, sterile plastic wrap). (Mine did.) Aftercare involves keeping it clean and free of infection, but also moisturized -- Googling for "tattoo aftercare" should give you detailed instructions and some idea of the process.

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3. "RE: ... remember to call it "research""
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   Yeah, I have one.

The amount of pain involved depends very heavily on where you get it; I have mine on a shoulder, so the actual pain involved--I took care to take some ibuprofin and get my blood sugar up beforehand--isn't that bad. The endorphins kick in after a little while, so as long as you make it through the first bit, you'll be fine.

To me, it felt rather like a cat scratch; given that I grew up with a very disgruntled maine coon cat, that was no big deal to me.

The artist I had took the time to do a non-inked test line at the beginning, too, so as to gauge my pain tolerance and worked accordingly. He also took a picture afterwards, so I could show people without removing the dressing for the recommended 24 hours; it did scab up a bit, but (at least in my case) it was still perfectly visible.

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4. "RE: ... remember to call it "research""
In response to message #0
 
   >So. Anybody here have a tattoo?
>
>I'm looking for information about the process, if you will. I
>understand they're a bit painful to get, which stands to reason given
>that they essentially constitute a jillion small puncture wounds, but
>how long does it stay that way? And can you see what it is
>immediately, or does it get all scabby for a bit first? (And if so,
>for how long?)
>
>I've had characters who had them before, but never acquired recently
>enough for any of that to matter, and I'm not method-actor enough to
>go get one myself so that I know the answers firsthand. :)
>

I've got one also and its pretty much what everyone else said above. Initial care and maintenance is big as it will prevent color bleeding. It also depends on where you go. The worst part of mine was that my arm fell asleep because the tattoo artist, a 250 lb biker who everyone knew as shank, kept resting his arm on mine as he worked.

Depending on size and intricacy and method of tattooing it may take several hours or several sessions to finish.

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Gryphonadmin
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5. "RE: ... remember to call it "research""
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   >I've got one also and its pretty much what everyone else said above.
>Initial care and maintenance is big as it will prevent color bleeding.

Handily, the one I have in mind is monochrome, so if the character who gets it is subsequently a bit too busy for really meticulous aftercare, indications here are that it's not the end of the world. It's sort of your classic woke-up-with-a-tattoo situation, with a twist. :)

Thanks all for your info!

--G.
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6. "RE: ... remember to call it "research""
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   >Handily, the one I have in mind is monochrome, so if the character who
>gets it is subsequently a bit too busy for really meticulous
>aftercare, indications here are that it's not the end of the world.
>It's sort of your classic woke-up-with-a-tattoo situation, with a
>twist. :)

Well, the most important goal of aftercare is preventing infection. If that's sufficiently trivial for the relevant medical technology (and, given the genres represented by EPU output, it most likely is), then meticulous aftercare is less important. Hell, in a setting like UF, I can see tattoo artists, after finishing the art, slapping on a transparent pseudo-skin-type covering that prevents infection, accelerates healing, and sort of gets eroded/absorbed after healing. (As much as there are stereotypes about rough, apathetic tattoo artists and piercers, the reality is that both the artists and their clientele are exceedingly aware of the risks of infection and such, and anyone that doesn't take it seriously won't stay in business very long. Word of mouth counts for a lot in the industry; I researched the hell out of the shop I went to before I went in.)

"Mathematics brought rigor to economics. Unfortunately, it also brought mortis."
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7. "RE: ... remember to call it "research""
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   >(As much as there are stereotypes about rough, apathetic tattoo
>artists and piercers, the reality is that both the artists and their
>clientele are exceedingly aware of the risks of infection and such,
>and anyone that doesn't take it seriously won't stay in business very
>long. Word of mouth counts for a lot in the industry; I
>researched the hell out of the shop I went to before I went in.)

While I'm factory spec, I know people who are tattooed who say the same thing. Hygiene is incredibly important and people who don't do it right don't stay in business very long.

And yes, in the UF universe, I'm pretty sure there's a transparent version of the bioskin used as a bandage. It may cost a bit more (relatively limited market), but works the same way.

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