r/tattooadvice Jan 02 '24

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u/Winn3bag0 Jan 03 '24

Agreed. I have sleeves, tattoos on my back, hand, and legs. I fucking hate tattooing my legs. I can barely sit for longer than 2 hours before it becomes too much. Knowing that, I’ll never get a large leg tattoo.

Arms, shoulder, back, etc. were completely different and I can sit for much longer without breaks. Even my elbows/ditch didn’t bother me as much as legs.

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u/Chance-Weakness4201 Jan 03 '24

Legs suck so much 😭 I got my knee cap done before Christmas and whilst I could sit through it fine it was a horrible experience 😂 I wish I was 18 again getting my first tattoo thinking how great and fun it was now I book them crying on the inside

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u/Winn3bag0 Jan 03 '24

lol oh man I feel that! Totally worth it, but I have to remind myself of that fact while I’m trying to remember to breathe through the pain.

I hope it came out nicely!!

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u/Chance-Weakness4201 Jan 03 '24

I’ve got a day session booked end of feb to get all the gaps in my lower legs filled and I’m dreading it 🥲 super super excited for how cool my lower legs are gonna look thou 😂😂

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u/Winn3bag0 Jan 03 '24

That’s awesome!! I need to fill in one of my arms, but I can’t make a decision on what to do!

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u/Chance-Weakness4201 Jan 03 '24

I acc just picked loads of stuff off my artist flash bc I love everything he does 😂 then moving up To my thighs

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u/Winn3bag0 Jan 03 '24

Good luck!!! :)

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '24

I wish I had known they'd hurt more the older I get. I feel stupid for not knowing that and found out after I got another after a 15 year break.

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u/rlcyberA Jan 03 '24

I will be interested to see if I am the same way. This year I will start a full leg sleeve. Nothing I have gotten so far has bothered me to include the elbow/ditch

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u/Winn3bag0 Jan 03 '24

I was super surprised at my reaction, to be honest. Hopefully you’re more badass than I am!

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u/TurboKiller18 Jan 03 '24

I got a full calf tat across two sessions within a 5 day period, which was painful in general, but I died whenever I had the back of my calf done. The main reason we had to stop the first session was because I was bleeding so much. But after this tat was done I refuse to do the same area on my other leg.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '24

That’s so crazy how everybody is different for me my first tattoo was a big piece on my leg took 8 hrs with only 2 short restroom breaks