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I thought this was about Neglect the band. -another fascinating and insightful post from ARTIE PHILIE c/o WreckAge / Exit records p.o. box 263, New York, NY 10012 —www.wreck-age.com "How do you murder and not get caught?"  —Danny Devito

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I thought this was about Neglect the band.

i can change it… Bobby Neglectstein and the Derrick Schillings or Bobby Neglectstein and the future arkam guitarists.

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Bobby Neglectstein and the Derrick Schillings or Bobby Neglectstein and the future arkam guitarist

or… the slit-wrist tattoos. Nick "We’ll never have the guts to discover, we’ll choke on it and die…"

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…and the latch key children.

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        has anyone else found healing time to be drastically increased with calf tattoos? i usually peel by day three; it’s just BARELY starting now & i’m on day eight of healing. how frustrating. stupid blood flow. lish 32.1% / 32

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has anyone else found healing time to be drastically increased with calf tattoos

Sounds pretty typical. Most of the tattoos on my legs have taken longer to heal! C. Long Fairborn Tattoo http://members.aol.com/catattoo/mw1/index.htm

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Accually on the side of both of my calves healing to the peeling point was 3-5 days but last spring a got a large sailor style cross and anchor on th back of  one calf and it didn’t start peeling for 10 -12 days….I guess it all had to do with the size of the piece, a senitive area, or my diet and over all health at that time Mita – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – has anyone else found healing time to be drastically increased with calf tattoos? i usually peel by day three; it’s just BARELY starting now & i’m on day eight of healing. how frustrating. stupid blood flow.

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has anyone else found healing time to be drastically increased with calf tattoos? i usually peel by day three; it’s just BARELY starting now & i’m on day eight of healing. how frustrating. stupid blood flow.

I noticed that it is taking my calf longer to peel than it did for my bicep. It has been four days since I got it, and it is just now starting to peel. Dave/Vargr www.gawth.com/~desolate

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Yes I have.  I recently finished my leg dragon and the healing time was much longer than any other pc I have.  What has been taking the longest was the top of the foo and the area around the leg/foot joint. Paul – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –         has anyone else found healing time to be drastically increased with calf tattoos? i usually peel by day three; it’s just BARELY starting now & i’m on day eight of healing. how frustrating. stupid blood flow. lish 32.1% / 32

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   has anyone else found healing time to be drastically increased with calf tattoos? i usually peel by day three; it’s just BARELY starting now & i’m on day eight of healing. how frustrating. stupid blood flow.

I seem to recall the one on the side of my knee (tribal blackwork, approx 6" long) taking FORever to heal. I’m sure that the fact that it is on a joint had something to do with it, but as compared to my wrist tattoos, it definately took longer and got much scabbier. I’m sure that yours will look brilliant when it is healed though, O thee of the tattooist’s dream skin! iniquity "Her vocabulary was bad, like, whatever…"

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i I’m sure that yours will look brilliant when it is healed though, O i thee of the tattooist’s dream skin!         even nick’s new apprentice/piercer/groupie/whatever-he-is was impressed with me. i wasn’t twitching or moving & he actually had to ask, "isn’t that bothering you?"         i DO have fresh-&-bloody pics if you want ‘em, alycen baby. lish 32.1% / 32

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    I’m considering getting a small tattoo on the inside of my wrist, right over the veins and was wondering what dangers were involved; is this a common practice; has anyone on here had it done and to what degree of success (I don’t care about the pain.. )? Thanks,     Craig

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   I’m considering getting a small tattoo on the inside of my wrist, right over the veins and was wondering what dangers were involved; is this a common practice; has anyone on here had it done and to what degree of success (I don’t care about the pain.. )?

I have 2 tattoos on the inside of my wrist….  I won’t lie about the pain, but it wasn’t that bad, compared to my other tats.  I’ve had both for well over a year and they both look wonderful.  The healing took a bit longer than my other tats, but I am a restaurant manager and wear gloves whenever I am working in the kitchen with food and my tats were constantly in contact with them, so I think the healing was affected by that.  I know that it takes a bit of work to do the tattoo there, at least my artist said so, due to the fact that a little ink goes a long way, cause the skin is thin there (that is what he said, at least) compared to a bicep for instance.  And there is always an upside of wearing a watch to cover the tats if need be. Good luck getting your tat! Melissa

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Go for it, the wrist is easy and always looks nice. I have both wrist done right to the beginning of hand. Hurts a little on the inside but not all that much.  I like to see mine creap out from my shirts. Hope you go forward and let me know.

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I’m considering getting a small tattoo on the inside of my wrist, right over the veins and was wondering what dangers were involved; is this a common practice; has anyone on here had it done and to what degree of success (I don’t care about the pain.. )? Thanks,    Craig

The only risk beyond that of any tattoo would be potentially high visibility and whether that is really a risk or not depends basically on you and your lifestyle. Erik http://members.aol.com/spidergod5/index.html

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I’m considering getting a small tattoo on the inside of my wrist, right over the veins and was wondering what dangers were involved; is this a common practice; has anyone on here had it done and to what degree of success (I don’t care about the pain.. )? Thanks,    Craig

We have a "shop tat" that most of us in the shop got, the chinese character for rainbow, done in rainbow colors and pronounced "queer". It has been placed on the spot in question on all of us (either left or right wrist) and there have been minimal problems.  The only problems were the amount of pain involved (3rd most painful for me, 2 being kneecap, 1 is stomach) and possibly a follow up sitting due to the possibility of ink rejection on such a bendy area.  All of the tats have healed great.  I did seem like it would go through to the veins, but it didn’t.  The visibility factor is one to consider as this is my first tattoo of 26 that can’t be covered completely by a suit (it peeks out of the cuff).  If you are willing to make the commitment, go for it.  The pain is temporary. Rev. Fish Perforations, DC

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    I’m considering getting a small tattoo on the inside of my wrist, right over the veins and was wondering what dangers were involved; is this a common practice; has anyone on here had it done and to what degree of success (I don’t care about the pain.. )?

I have a fairly large tat on the underside of my right arm, going from about a couple inches from the inside of my elbow to the wrist (http://www.badland.com/minion/strokes.html#WristDogs; BTW, it’s colored in now; guess I need to update the photo on the page with photos of the tat colored in). I asked the same question about veins on RAB when I was considering getting mine. The consensus was that there were no more risks involved than in getting a tat anywhere else on your body. Yeah, the veins are a bit more visible there, but they’re still deep enough not to be a problem. The only thing I *did* discover however, was that the sensation of getting a tat on my wrist was definitely different than getting one anywhere else I’d gotten one. My tattoo artist (obplug: Pat Fish of Tattoo Santa Barbara) described the sensation as the feeling you get when removing belly button lint; a kind of nausea from overstimulating the nerves. To me it felt like there were a bazillion synapses firing off in my brain. This was my fourth tattoo, and it was the first time I asked Pat to stop and take a break. Twice in fact. Even when I got the wristband near my armpit I didn’t ask her to stop. So this time it didn’t turn out to be the blissful tattoo experience I’d come to know and love. Of course, YMMV. So, the only real risk if you get a tat on your wrist is that *everyone* will notice. See RAB via Deja News (I think from a couple weeks ago) for the previous thread on *this* topic. Please feel free to email me with any questions. And good luck! -briank "I was thinking of love," I replied in a tone of reproach, "and here you are talking to me again–forever–about torture!" "Doubtless! since it’s the same thing–" The Torture Garden by Mirbeau Brian C. Keith at http://www.badland.com/minion

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    I’m considering getting a small tattoo on the inside of my wrist, right over the veins and was wondering what dangers were involved; is this a common practice; has anyone on here had it done and to what degree of success (I don’t care about the pain.. )?

(Sorry for the piggyback…) I had no problem healing my wrist tattoo. I think it’s becoming more common and I’ve never heard of any problems particular to wrist tattoos. I have a fairly large tat on the underside of my right arm, going from about a couple inches from the inside of my elbow to the wrist (http://www.badland.com/minion/strokes.html#WristDogs; BTW, it’s colored in now; guess I need to update the photo on the page with photos of the tat colored in).

Please do, Brian. Great site, great ink too. To me it felt like there were a bazillion synapses firing off in my brain

Wow…really? I didn’t get that at all. Your tattoo is bigger and more complicated than mine, but I just thought mine was *kind of* sensitive. Compared to other tattoos, I mean. . This was my fourth tattoo, and it was the first time I asked Pat to stop and take a break. Twice in fact. Even when I got the wristband near my armpit I didn’t ask her to stop.

Hmmm.. My upper arm band (again, not as detailed or as big as yours) bothered me WAY more than any of the others. I saw colors while it was being done. So, the only real risk if you get a tat on your wrist is that *everyone* will notice.

Very true. Hasn’t been a problem for me, so far I have gotten only very positive responses from people. (It was done in May…see my web site for pictures. The tattoo wasn’t quite healed then, better shots of it will be up in another week or so.) Danamania Bitch #16 HSB #17c ‘96 FXD-Conv "Roxie" Web:  http://www.chaeron.com/danamania/ NOTE:  Remove Spamicide ™ before replying!!!

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    I’m considering getting a small tattoo on the inside of my wrist, right over the veins and was wondering what dangers were involved; is this a common practice; has anyone on here had it done and to what degree of success (I don’t care about the pain.. )?

[....] I asked the same question about veins on RAB when I was considering getting mine. The consensus was that there were no more risks involved than in getting a tat anywhere else on your body. Yeah, the veins are a bit more visible there, but they’re still deep enough not to be a problem.

I have a Celtic band tattoo that goes around the entire wrist. The wrist is a fairly common place to get tattooed, and on me it’s the only visible tattoo when I’m dressed regularly (however it’s on my left wrist so it is easily covered by a watch). The only thing I *did* discover however, was that the sensation of getting a tat on my wrist was definitely different than getting one anywhere else I’d gotten one. My tattoo artist (obplug: Pat Fish of Tattoo Santa Barbara) described the sensation as the feeling you get when removing belly button lint; a kind of nausea from overstimulating the nerves.

Ahh ! I too got my wristband from Pat Fish! : Yeah, there were points going over bone and vein that it felt kind of weird, but I didn’t feel nauseous at all. I’m sure it partly has to do with the artist, but I didn’t feel much pain at all. — * Exotic Piercing Dot Com <http://www.exotic-piercing.com serving the ‘net* * community with the highest quality, hand-polished 316L SS steel jewelry. * * We welcome wholesale/retail. Visit our web site or call 1-800-591-4882.  *

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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – writes: let’s see, size of a dime, shouldn’t be more than ten bucks, unless you wear a really big watch… $10?  Considering the cost of making needles, ink, sterilization, rent, phones, advertisement and all the other business costs factored into practicing our art–and the time it takes to prepare ourselves and our studios to be ready to tattoo, do you really think $10 is a fair price? Considering that,  even for the smallest tattoo, the whole process from discussing the image, the waiver, aftercare, o’ yes, and the tattoo itself, takes at least half an hour.  (And I wouldn’t have it any other way, the connection between artist and client should never be rushed.) Maybe we should pay people to let us tattoo them?   Think about it, and have some respect for the artist. Lindalee Sacred Skin Tattoo Oakland Ca

sarcasm – heard of it?   I have $20,000 worth of ink on me by some of the best artists in the country. The snide remark wasn’t aimed at artists, who I usually respect greatly, especially the ones I work with, and several whom I am look= ing forward to working with. I can’t fathom getting a tattoo that can be hidden by wearing a watch. Tattoos are a lifetime commitment. This is only my personal o= pinion.. But what’s the point? I’m not saying a full bodysuit is for everyone, of course. dawn

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I have been wanting a tattoo of Opus the penguin on the top of my wrist for a really long time (so that it would be conveniently covered up by my watch face).  Is this at all feasible or should I just scrap the idea all together?  Also, how much would a small tattoo like this cost?  Thanks soooo much (in advance). Holly

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: I have been wanting a tattoo of Opus the penguin on the top of : my wrist for a really long time (so that it would be : conveniently covered up by my watch face).  Is this at all : feasible or should I just scrap the idea all together?  Also, : how much would a small tattoo like this cost?  Thanks soooo : much (in advance). I sure hope wrist tattoos are possible, because that’s where I want mine.  Right now I’m not doing much toward persuading Graham, but once I find or design something that I like, I’ll probably start lobbying… I know a guy who has a tattoo around his ankle; surely if you can do an ankle, you can do a wrist. -Bertha

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let’s see, size of a dime, shouldn’t be more than ten bucks, unless you wear a really big watch…

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writes: let’s see, size of a dime, shouldn’t be more than ten bucks, unless you wear a really big watch…

$10?  Considering the cost of making needles, ink, sterilization, rent, phones, advertisement and all the other business costs factored into practicing our art–and the time it takes to prepare ourselves and our studios to be ready to tattoo, do you really think $10 is a fair price? Considering that,  even for the smallest tattoo, the whole process from discussing the image, the waiver, aftercare, o’ yes, and the tattoo itself, takes at least half an hour.  (And I wouldn’t have it any other way, the connection between artist and client should never be rushed.) Maybe we should pay people to let us tattoo them?   Think about it, and have some respect for the artist. Lindalee Sacred Skin Tattoo Oakland Ca

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        Of course it’s possible.  I have 7 tats, and the one on top of my left wrist was the easiest, quickest to heal and fastest going in.  It is a spider, in the style of a Native American Petroglyf, and I love it. I designed all 7 of mine to be easily concealed, the spider fits under a slightly oversized watch.         You should have no problem at all as long as you listen to the care instructions your artist gives you, and FOLLOW THEM.         As for price, this is no time to be cheap.  You are asking a professional artist to share the results of years of training, talent, dedication and practice.  They also have the cost of supplies, equipment and other overhead to consider.  They are entitled to a fair recompense for their time and talent.  You must do your research, look for portfolios of designs within the shop, not just wall flash. Ask folks whose tats you like where they were done.  If necessary, consider designing your own, with the help of the artist.   Be sure the shop has a good safety record, uses all the necessary health precautions.   Just be sure you love the design, ’cause it will be with you for life.         Sorry about the lecture, I tend to get carried away on this subject. Susan Short Gilbert                     DO OR DO NOT, THERE IS NO TRY! Artist and Collector

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