Tattoo

[Blue]

Well, it is a needle, but with modern guns, it doesn't look like one, so that helps with a needle phobia. Needles are my one trigger that still gives me flashbacks but, I have four tattoos and they don't trigger me beyond a mild panic when the artist first starts so, I wouldn't worry about that.

Doing your ankle, the pain won't be bad except when the tattoo goes over bone that is very close to the skin, that hurts. Same on your foot, and more smaller bones to go over. Your foot would also bleed a bit more because there are more larger veins closer to the surface, and, it would be nearly impossible for the artist to miss them all.

One thing I learned with mine that few artists today tell you to do after is put Neosporin on the new tattoo and, cover it with plastic wrap before you go to bed for four or five days. It keeps the scabs soft, prevents any possible infection and, keeps you from accidentally rubbing a scab off and messing up the tattoo while you sleep. If you have to wear shoes or socks that will go over the tattoo at first, use a non stick gauze pad and the Neosporin for the same reasons - don't want to mess up the pretty artwork before it even heals.