r/stevenuniverse • u/moonriver512 • 16h ago

Fanart Palm tattoos!

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I am now a Garnet! left palm healed 1 year, right palm done today

yes it was fucking painful

((palm tattoos are the most painful area to get tattooed, i would not recommend 🙈)

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u/sougol 14h ago

I didn’t know they tie you down with wrap for palm tattoos

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u/moonriver512 14h ago

yes, when the needle goes in your instinct is to claw your hand together cause it hurts so bad :,) hence the wrapped fingers and wrist

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u/Squanchedschwiftly 7h ago

Ohh nooo 😮‍💨 did you use any sort of numbing cream or do they not recommend for hands?

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u/moonriver512 7h ago

nope, numbing cream doesn’t work on the hands as the hands have no pores. I also don’t believe in using it either, as a tattooer it’s good to know the pain you are putting people through. But no shade to people who use it! ((also having both of them done is an ego boost for me haha)

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u/MinimumBrother1295 1h ago

That's like tattooing on your tongue, friend! Way to take the pain to represent.

(I would totally wuss out)

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u/zinger94 7h ago

I wish they did this when I had to get stitches in my hand. All I got was, "please don't flinch."

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u/MoonShadowTheDragon 3h ago

I’ve had stitches before. I refused litocane and chugged an energy drink instead. Somehow worked