Manders says:

I don’t think sensitivity of skin matters as much as pain threshold. My skin is sensitive, I’ve gotten rashes from different perfumes and lotions, but my tattoo healed beautifully.
My opinion on tattoos is: If all these other people can get them and deal with the pain, so can I! It all depends on how bad you want one.
My tattoo on my ankle didn’t hurt too much, it was more annoying. Plus I was a little freaked out because I was convinced it would make me pass out, like you hear stories about. But I didn’t even get woozy.
For your first tattoo, stay small, see how you react. Don’t go in for a huge back piece the first time around lol.
And Good Luck! You CAN do it!

James M says:

—–Do *not* get a tattoo. If you get a tattoo, you will regret it later on. It is extremely difficult or impossible to remove them; what you want and like *will* change over time. —Jim

Lydia says:

Not painful, depending how you feel about needles. I have sensitive skin and 2 tattoos and they didn’t hurt.

Kripto says:

I think it really depends on how you can handle pain. May be you won’t even feel it as bad afterwards like other people would… bottom line, it varies from one person to another. Hope you go for it and enjoy the piece of art that will be sealed in your body!

etrigone says:

I second on the tolerance vs sensitive skin. Redheads are supposed to be sensitive, but I’ve been ok with mine. Blair has a great collection & he’s suffering from ink withdrawal.
It will hurt, but it’s not that big of a deal. I like the way my artist put it – either you’ve had something this painful before, or it’s about time.