As we all know, tattoos have become relatively commonplace in this day and age. Whether it be a small heart in a nonobvious place, or a larger face tattoo, it’s rare to find someone who doesn’t have or want a tattoo. Not wanting a tattoo could be for any number of reasons. You could be scared that it will hurt, that it will come out bad (or totally different than what you wanted) or WORSE, infected, or scarred! Eek! However, don’t make up your mind just yet! There are several things you can do before getting a tattoo and during to prepare and to prevent any tattoo nightmares you may have from becoming a very, very sucky reality.
Most of the time, we get our various piercings, and the end result is utterly flawless. We have no serious residual pain or soreness, the healing process goes smoothly, and all we ever know of infections and complications is from the horror stories we hear through the grapevine or read on blogs online. However, on occasion, those horror stories become nightmarish reality for us and our piercings (after all, they must happen to SOMEONE, or there wouldn’t be stories for US to read, would there?)!
Have you ever been sitting alone in a restaurant between meal rushes, or wandering through a department store on a lazy day to kill time before an important appointment, and all at once you got a whiff of what must be the spawn of Limburger and Parmesan cheese? Have you searched the area, prepared to give the thoughtless pervade of fresh, sweet-smelling a dirty look to rival his or her filthy smell, only to see people standing in a cluster, giving YOU that look? That’s because IT IS YOU! Well, your piercing, that is!