Tattoos?

look up white ink tattoos on tumblr. A lot of them are on white skin. Some of them are just kinda red & swollen.. but I think they look really good.
Foot tattoos fade a lot and they hurt pretty bad but there's a numbing gel you can get to make tattoos not hurt as bad. My friend got a foot tattoo less than a year ago & she's already had to get it touched up.

edit: tattoo pricing also varies by artist.

I only have 1 tattoo and I've had it for almost a year and a half now. It's small and it's above my left ankle. It's a dove with the word "peace" just below the dove. Probably about 2 x 3 inches. Yes - it hurt, but not terribly bad.

Mine hasn't faded hardly at all, but of course it's still relatively "new". It is outlined in black and the dove is filled in (though not completely filled in) with a light blue. The filling-in part was probably what hurt the most because the artist has to press hard.

Even though my tat is small, it still cost $80. I believe it does vary by shop and/or artist. I had mine done in Atlanta, GA.

I have 2 small stars, one on each wrist on the 'inside' (the palm side?). Folks say 'oh no that must have hurt so much!' but it didn't, not really at all. Felt strange, and very unique. It was painful in one area, there is a part of the star (the top point) that overlaps the little crease that you have right below your palm. While the guy was needling the crease it was pretty painful, but otherwise, not at all.

I got one in 2004, one in 2005. The '04 one is in great shape, I took excellent care of it right after getting it. The newer one though, has some strange scarring because I had no time to take off work, and being on my wrist, and working in fast food... my wrist got dirty and was in sanitizer water and washed over and over and it irritated the tattoo and ended up not as nice as the other one.

They have black outlines, and the black looks great still, 7 years later. I am a pale girl, and I got a yellow star on one hand, the yellow still looks great. The other star is red, and since I mentioned above - the red is a bit faded due to not taking care of it. I don't know about white. There is a gal that sits next to me in a class with a butterfly on her forearm, and I can see there is white in it. She is also a pale lady.

I would say my stars are 1 inch square or less in size, and I got them each for $26. This was 7 years ago, I don't know if prices changed, and each was only 2 color (black + color). The artist told me many prices are based on color, some colors are more expensive than others. Also you could ask for a discount, sometimes new artists are trying hard to get their name out, so they will offer a good deal (I think my stars would have been $50 otherwise, but he was new and wanted the attention)

Overall I wish I didn't have them. Perhaps if they were in an area of skin that is much easier to hide with clothing, I would feel differently. I have been turned down from jobs and even threatened to be fired from one because I have 'offending tattoos' on my wrists. I'm not sure how a colored star is offensive, but it was not something I thought about prior to getting them.

I have one on the inside of my lip and on each foot. The closer the bone, the more it hurts I have found and heard. I didn't even feel my lip tattoo outside of the vibrating.

I have some white ink on one of my tattoos and it looks great:) I am very fair skinned. I have a "tramp stamp"...it took about an hour, was $200 and hurt like a mother...but you just kind groove yourself into the pain after a while:)

I have mine on my shoulder blade and honestly I cried like a baby when I got it! The outline hurt so bad especially around the bottom edge of the bone. The coloring was okay. It only took about 40 minutes and I don't think I could have taken much more!



Some tattoo artists won't do hands or feet or sometimes wrists because they tend to fade and damage more than other areas. I would think most would do wrists though.

For price, most places go by the hour. My tattoo was a total of 200 with tip and everything and that shop had a $70 minimum. Definitely look for quality over bargain basement prices! Script looks easy but it really isn't so you still need a great artist.

the one on my wrist is a stick girl with curly q hair. her feet and the bottom of her dress were about a 3 but her hair was aweful more like a 9. like someone else stated where the crease of your wrist meeting your hand is where it hurts the most. that is where her hair sits. she is about an inch tall so if you go lower like where her feet are its not so bad . im not sure that made sense but if you want you can add me as a friend and i will put a pic of it on my profile

My friend got a tattoo at the same time as I did, but hers had flames in it. They were curvy. My stars are full of straight lines. She said her tattoo hurt very badly (it was on the forearm, back of the hand side but near the wrist)

Kelsue mentioned her curly q hair hurt, I wonder if the curves hurt more than straight lines?

if so, your words will have curves, so it might be a bit of pain. but tattoos are usually not so bad people can't stand them (sorry to hear about your horse tattoo pain, bmqbonnie!)

i have my childrens names on me and the only one that hurt was my daughters which is on the back of my neck. my 3 boys names are on my bicep and they didnt hurt that bad. they are all written in cursive so i dont think the curves are why her hair hurt. i also have hello kitty's head and flowers on me a butterfly a few dragon flies thumper from bambi.. the one on my foot is my sisters first initial and its also cursive and other than being able to hear the tattoo gun i would have never known he was doing it

sorry to bust your theory lol.

I have 5. The parts that hurt the most were my palm, which hurt like hell and is fading after only 3 years, and on the one I got closest to my wrist. I have a high pain threshhold, though, so I'm probably not the best to ask. Along with the one on my palm and the one that goes from my wrist to my elbow, I have one on my inner fore arm, one on the back of my wrist, and one on my shoulder. I paid $60 for one, $120 for another, and $160 for another. The other two were not done professionally.

tattoos are AWESOME! i love them! and they dont hurt cuz i love pain!!!!!!!!

I have a sleeve, knuckle tattoo, calves. I have a lot. Haha. It varies by location how much, what shop, etc. My shop isn't super into pure white tattoos, or any colour besides black. I have script that's 5 letters -" we were born for this." It's 2 inches x 5 inches. It was 100. Everyone's pain tolerance is different. My knuckle, back of thighs and forearm hurt the worst. I feel asleep while getting my calves, and part of my back done.

I have never paid more than $200 for a tattoo.

You can try to just walk in, explain what you want done, then finish it up with "and I will pay up to 40 bucks, no more" or whatever price you feel reasonable.

they turn you down? try a new salon

That seems like a terrible idea. Artists will often price according to their skill and knocking down their price is pretty insulting. You could well end up with an awful tattoo. Do shop around, but for a great artist with a clean and professional studio. Then sort out a price and just keep saving.