So true.I second that it all hurts like hell!! I really thought at some point I would get used to it, I didn't!!
Im in the business as a shop co-owner with my ex-wife and as an artist for more than 25 years and have been getting tattooed since I first apprenticed in a shop right out of art school in the late 80s. Im covered from neck to ankles: full sleeves with black and grey on left side, colors on the right; legs; etc. I still get a little work or touchups here and there when at the shop, and it always hurts. I dont know anyone who has had alot of work say it doesnt. But its all part of the process. Some dont like it, some do. I happen to like it...