Foot tattoos seem to be all the rage lately — everyone wants one!
Myself included — I’ve even been keeping a Pin board of my favorite tattoo designs.
While tattoos that are tasteful can look really nice and make you feel attractive, I’ve discovered a few reasons to possibly reconsider getting a tattoo on your foot.
If you’re torn between getting a foot tattoo and putting your tattoo somewhere else on your body, these facts about foot tattoos may help you decide…
#1 – The pain.
There is almost no muscle on your feet. In fact, it’s pretty much just skin on top of bone — particularly on top of your foot. Because of this, getting a foot tattoo can be extremely painful.
Be prepared for more blood and possibly pain during tattooing. There are many nerve endings and capillaries in your feet and not much cushioning between the skin and bones. This can make foot tattoos more painful than tattoos in other places, and the added capillaries can cause a greater amount of bleeding. The more you bleed, the higher the chance you will bleed out any color applied to the tattoo. Also, if you don’t keep the area clean throughout the healing process, it can cause infection and scarring. Both can prolong healing time and affect the finished product. Source
Some people even put foot tattoos on the bottom soles of the foot. This too, is incredibly painful.
If you are someone who cannot tolerate pain well, then it’s probably a good idea to put your tattoo somewhere other than on your foot.
I happen to have a high pain tolerance. (I’ve been told this many times — from massage therapists, doctors, and surgeons.) So the pain itself isn’t deterring me at this point.
Foot tattoos can definitely be very painful, but on the other hand, lots of people also advise that getting inked on the feet isn’t as bad as others describe. Obviously however, amounts of pain will always vary from person to person. Source
Here is the Tattoo Pain Scale for every area of the human body.
Read more: Foot Tattoos: 5 Things To Think About Before You Get A Foot Tattoo