No, no, you can't take painkillers before the tattoo (it thins your blood therefore you bleed more. Not good. o_0) but you can overload on them afterwards. ;) And yes, take something to squeeze. I had bruises in the back of my hand from where I'd been biting. o_0 Any idea what you're going to have? And the parents get over it after a while. ;) You'll be 18, there's nowt they can do about it so have fun!
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Fuck! Didn't know that, I'll definitely keep that in mind. I'm thinking guns and roses on my ribs BUT I won't make that the first tattoo because the ribs are so painful, I'll get that when I'm a pro. Maybe for the first I was thinking the skulls on the Appetite cover. Don't worry, all my tattoos won't be GnR, just those two =)