A foot tattoo could be the perfect ink trend to update your body art with. If you want something on the smaller side and less publicly visible, foot tatts are a great option. However, if you're looking to avoid intense pain, they are not. In an interview with Cosmopolitan, Fredrik Glimskär, founder and CEO of online tattoo marketplace Inkbay, listed the feet as among the most painful areas to be tattooed.
Glimskär attributed this to the fact that, with your foot, "The skin is so so close to the bone, with very little fat to pad or cushion the needle strokes." Tattoo artist Mystic Woodburn also mentioned to Bustle, "There are so many nerves concentrated in that area, making it more susceptible to pain." However, in Woodburn's experience with clients, the tops of the feet may be slightly more bearable than the sides.
So, if you're highly sensitive to pain, a foot tattoo probably isn't your best option. In addition, once you've endured all that agony, it's not 100% guaranteed to last as long as you'd expect it to.
