The latest trend in tattooing sees a return to its roots: non-electric (or stick-and-poke) becoming the thing. Sounds pretty grim,right?“Pain”, says tattooist Adam Sage. “That’s something people fixate on when they examine about this form of tattooing. But I don’t assume it’s especially worse than a normal tattoo. Its just different.”Tattoo pain is fodder for myths, and the belief that people pass out,scream or cry; and it’s certainly one reason people don’t get tattooed. As someone who has two tattoos I can vouch for this being myth – it’s fine really. Odd, uncomfortable but sort of kind in a weird way besides, or I’m curious to know why non-electric tattooing is: a. predicted to fairly suddenly become a “thing”,which it is according to the London Tattoo conference, like Aeropress coffee or Chris Pratt and; b. considered so painful. Also there’s the question of why Rihanna got so much attention when she got a Maori-style tattoo on her hand, or why Style.com made a fuss over Givenchy model Cat McNeil’s.
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Source: theguardian.com