DS Forums

 
 

EMLA cream for tattoos


Reply
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Old 28-03-2013, 13:50
BeccyJayne2247
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 559

Has anyone used EMLA cream for a tattoo? I am getting a few small stars on my inner wrist tomorrow. My first tattoo and I am nervous as anything because I have a low pain threshold and because I don't know what to expect.

The tattoo place said I could use this if I wanted but it has mixed reviews on the net. Just wondered if anyone had actually experience of using it.

I'm wondering whether to buy some after work!
BeccyJayne2247 is offline   Reply With Quote
Please sign in or register to remove this advertisement.
Old 28-03-2013, 14:05
Bethaneeny
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 6,135
Yes! I have a tattoo on my hip, about 2 inches in size.

I used this and then asked my tattooist to tell me when he started, and he said he'd almost finished! All I felt was the stinging the next day. You are aware of something but it's not pain!

I read all sorts online, but my best friend works in a chemist and has her whole back tattoo'ed, and she recommended it to me. Some tattooists aren't keen because it makes your skin all rubbery and it can be harder to work with, but if they've suggested it, it won't be a problem!

Using it was the best decision I made after seeing the pain a friend was in with her wrist!
Bethaneeny is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-03-2013, 14:35
BeccyJayne2247
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 559
Think I may try and get some after work then!!
BeccyJayne2247 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-03-2013, 16:03
Tt88
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 6,202
Make sure you follow the instructions! My sister had a very small tattoo on her wrist and they put numbing cream on first (she bought her own but then decided to use the one they have at the tattooist instead). Her tattoo hurt because the cream didnt have time to work! The tattoo only took about five mins but the numbing effect didnt kick in until after it was done and onthe way home!
Tt88 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-03-2013, 18:05
BeccyJayne2247
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 559
Yeah the tattoo place told me to put it on an hour before my appointment and wrap it tightly in clingfilm. I've bought it, just don't know whether to use it or to "man up" as my sister told me lol
BeccyJayne2247 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-03-2013, 18:13
bhappyluv
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Reading
Posts: 392
I have 5 tattoo's and found it wasn't as bad as I was expecting. When I had my 1st one I barely noticed any pain until about 40 mins in when he had finished the outline and started the colour.
Only one of my tattoo's was really painful, and only when the artist was doing the bit near my big toe, the rest was fine.
bhappyluv is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-03-2013, 18:20
BeccyJayne2247
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 559
It is only a small one I am having, 4 little stars on the inside of my wrist. I would attach a picture but I'm not sure how too on here
BeccyJayne2247 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-03-2013, 18:22
Blah123
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 2,277
I have 4 tattoos (and booked in for 5th and 6th) - I don't find them painful at all. Just a little uncomfortable.

Small stars on your wrist will literally take 10 minutes to do.
Blah123 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-03-2013, 18:24
silentNate
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Council Estate
Posts: 35,535
They use this for doing injections on paediatric wards... the thought of adults requiring it to have tattoos amazes me, I have tattoos and after the first couple of seconds you feel nothing as the area becomes numb any way

Man up or don't bother OP!
silentNate is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-03-2013, 18:40
BeccyJayne2247
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 559
Well some people want the tattoo but don't deal we'll with pain (like me) hence considering using the cream. I don't think it's a case of I shouldn't bother just because I might want to avoid some pain!!
BeccyJayne2247 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-03-2013, 19:15
marcina bolan
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 628
Well some people want the tattoo but don't deal we'll with pain (like me) hence considering using the cream. I don't think it's a case of I shouldn't bother just because I might want to avoid some pain!!
I have tattoo on my wrist, didn't hurt at all, just put on an hour before and wrap in clingfilm like you said, you won't feel a thing.
marcina bolan is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-03-2013, 19:54
LaceyLouelle3
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 6,104
Numbing cream? hahaha sorry but man up, it doesn't hurt that much.
LaceyLouelle3 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-03-2013, 20:40
Wolfsheadish
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: UK and Canada
Posts: 5,452
They use this for doing injections on paediatric wards... the thought of adults requiring it to have tattoos amazes me, I have tattoos and after the first couple of seconds you feel nothing as the area becomes numb any way

Man up or don't bother OP!
What Nate says. Pain is part of the experience.
Wolfsheadish is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-03-2013, 22:17
BeccyJayne2247
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 559
Pain is only part of the experience for some people. I am interested in the end result!!
BeccyJayne2247 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 28-03-2013, 23:20
tinman
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Ilkeston,Derbyshire
Posts: 2,980
Get some Bepanthen.
tinman is offline Follow this poster on Twitter   Reply With Quote
Old 29-03-2013, 00:27
Wolfsheadish
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: UK and Canada
Posts: 5,452
Pain is only part of the experience for some people. I am interested in the end result!!
That's sad
Wolfsheadish is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 29-03-2013, 01:59
crazybutterflyx
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Scotland
Posts: 2,697
Mine goes across the whole of my inner wrist, the only bit where I felt anything was slap bang in the middle at the vein, and even that wasnt painful. The pains really not as bad as people make out! So you may well be fine without it, but if you feel you need it then use it!
crazybutterflyx is offline Follow this poster on Twitter   Reply With Quote
Old 29-03-2013, 02:26
Iqoniq
Forum Member
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Nottinghamshire
Posts: 2,403
I've got 5 tats including a black tribal one that goes right across my shoulders and top third of my back which means it's a lot of ink, and another on my right forearm (underneath) which takes up most of the area there, and they really don't hurt. My wife has some too and she actually falls asleep in the chair while they're being done. It's no worse than getting a cat scratch, and even then it's only while they do the outlining.

Once the outlining is done your body should be producing endorphins which means that you'll be aware of it being coloured, but it's more of an unpleasant tingling than actual pain. If it's quite a large tattoo I'd forget the Emla as it will wear off before it's done. I would also recommend having a bottle of Lucozade and a Mars bar beforehand as well because the one of my shoulders took around 5 hours and as I had skipped lunch I started to feel really faint towards the end.

A quote by Dean Koontz in the Good Guy more or less sums up tattoos: "A scar is not always a flaw. Sometimes a scar may be redemption inscribed in the flesh, a memorial to something endured, to something lost."
Iqoniq is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 29-03-2013, 02:30
KieranDS
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: London
Posts: 15,936
I love the pain of getting tattoo's. It's strangely addictive.
KieranDS is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 29-03-2013, 09:03
BeccyJayne2247
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 559
Still can't decide whether to use it or not !think it would make me feel less nervous!!
BeccyJayne2247 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 29-03-2013, 09:06
Linda_Anderson
Guest
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 165
I have a small tattoo on my inner wrist and I didn't think it was that bad getting it done. Only took about 5minutes. It wasn't really that sore getting it.
Linda_Anderson is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 29-03-2013, 09:09
Dakota.
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Posts: 10,410
Has anyone used EMLA cream for a tattoo? I am getting a few small stars on my inner wrist tomorrow. My first tattoo and I am nervous as anything because I have a low pain threshold and because I don't know what to expect.

The tattoo place said I could use this if I wanted but it has mixed reviews on the net. Just wondered if anyone had actually experience of using it.

I'm wondering whether to buy some after work!
The anticipation of the pain is far worse than the pain itself, it's really not that bad
Dakota. is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 29-03-2013, 09:11
BeccyJayne2247
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 559
It's not the pain itself I am scared of I don't think. I pass out very easily if things hurt and that is what I am scared off!!
BeccyJayne2247 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 29-03-2013, 09:15
Linda_Anderson
Guest
 
Join Date: Mar 2013
Posts: 165
If its your first tattoo the guy will let you feel it first before he starts with the ink so you know roughly what it'll be like. Well he did with me.
Linda_Anderson is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 29-03-2013, 16:12
oscardelahoya
Forum Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 4,817
If they've told you to use it and you've already bought it you might as well just use it. No-one else knows how painful you are going to find it so if you are worried you may as well do what you can to avoid the pain.
oscardelahoya is offline   Reply With Quote
 
Reply




 
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 23:50.