The Allure of Foot Tattoos

Tattoos in this day and age differ in style and placement. That’s why tattoos are considered as one of the best ways to express your individuality. You ultimately decide exactly what kind of tattoo you want and where you want to get it. Thus, what may be the best style and placement of tattoos for you may not be the best for other people. Don’t feel bad if you still aren’t really sure if you know exactly where you want to get your tattoo inked onto your body. Foot tattoos are very popular and one type of tattoo you may want to consider.

Here are some facts about foot tattoos:

Foot tattoos are typically more painful: The skin on the foot is closer to the bone. The closer the skin is to the bone the more painful the tattoo will be. However, because foot tattoos tend to be smaller, you won’t have to endure the pain for as long as you would with a larger tattoo.

Foot tattoos are easily concealed: You may work a professional job or hope to have one some day. Tattoos aren’t typically considered professional looking. If you get a foot tattoo, and eventually get a professional job it will be very easy to conceal.

However, you should be aware that while healing it is strongly advised that the entire time the tattoo is healing that you wear open shoes. It usually takes 2-3 weeks for a foot tattoo to heal. If it is absolutely required that you wear shoes, then you should wear 2 pair of light socks.

Foot tattoos are usually considered sexy: Opinions vary on what types of tattoos look good on other people. Even people who generally don’t like tattoos on other people don’t seem to mind foot tattoos and even consider them sexy.

Foot tattoos will usually need touched up more often than tattoos in other places: This is because the tattoo on your foot is often exposed to harsher conditions than if you got the tattoo somewhere else on your body. After some time the ink on your foot tattoo will spread out and make the tattoo look blurry.

The most common types of foot tattoos are: Star designs, words, and flowers. However, you can work with your tattoo artist to create something interesting and different, if you don’t want to go with any of these common types of foot tattoos. Just remember the larger and more complex the tattoo the more painful the tattoo will probably be, and the more expensive.