deejay - 3:50 am on Mar 3, 2003 (gmt 0)

*lol* ade_uk.... if pain worries you I would recommend anywhere EXCEPT your ankle. Well... anywhere else within reason.

Areas over bone are much much more painful than areas over muscle or fat tissue... and ankles are sure boney.

Mine took nearly four hours solid work on the first run and I was fine except for when Noel got to working out towards my armpit where it is glandular, and then again over towards the spine - over the edge of the shoulder blade. That was pretty teethgritting for a while.

It also took two hours in touch up six weeks later, which was mainly because the design was so fine (you can see the individual 'hairs' of the feathers) and because there was so much white involved... white's a hard colour to get to work.. they have to inject a lot of it. If it were a solid design with block colours it probably wouldn't have needed the touchup at all.

The other trick for avoiding pain is to avoid designs with a lot of fine or line work where they use a single needle. Blocks of colour where they use a multi-needle head and work in a particular area numb out pretty quick so they are a lot easier to deal with.

ps... if this post made you nauseous... DON'T GET ONE. :)