@kittykat200 146179 wrote:

I don’t eat breakfast either. I tend to take music and make sure my phone is fully charged (and bring a charger) so that I can watch some Netflix or whatever on my phone.

I don’t eat a whole lot and I don’t drink water so although dan is completely right in everything he’s saying, we’re not all perfect and I’m terrible at doing what I “should” so if you’re like me and you think you will struggle, try and just grab something. Anything. You don’t want a full stomach because it makes me feel queasy personally, but you definitely don’t want an empty one. I tend to take a couple of bottles of coke because the sugar stops you feeling faint etc. then just take snacks, crisps, biscuits, some chocolate. you don’t need a big breakfast if that’s outside of your routine. Eating breakfast has always made me feel sick personally, I need to have been awake and mobile for a few hours before I can stomach food!

Follow the advice above as best as you can because it really is the best way to go about it, but yeh don’t stress if you’re not a breakfast person, just think of it more than you shouldn’t go in on an empty stomach and take plenty of sugary stuff to stop with the faint feeling.

The music and youtube/Netflix/more4 whatever will really help with the pain as its a distraction for your brain but if you find you’re getting uncomfortable, try watching them do the tattoo. I find that I get so sucked into watching them do it that it stops occurring to me that its supposed to hurt! Different things work for different people so you never know! Chatting helps too. Asking lots of questions or being asked lots of questions rather than idle chat because then you actually have to focus!

Hope that helps! Make sure you post photos once you have your new piece! Who are you booked with? Good luck!

Thankyou, I have someone coming with me, he’s spent a lot of time in the chair, so hopefully that will help to 🙂 I’m booked in with Martin Binczewski @ Avon Tattoo. He’s expensive & I’ve got to wait 5 months but it’s well worth it, his portraits are fantastic.

I’ve booked up for 6 sessions as I want a full sleeve but it will depend on how well I cope. The portrait is the most important thing for me so as long as I have that 🙂 I’m going for black & grey with a small amount of colour throughout.

I’ll make sure to remember to post pics 🙂 😀