20 Problems Only People With Tattoos Will Understand

18. When People Ask Why You Got Tattooed

Why do you colour your hair? Is there some profound reason you need to justify for going deep mahogany instead of ash blonde? No? Well we don't need a reason to have tattoos either. Apart from the fact we've all got hideous skin conditions hiding underneath the ink.

17. The First Application Of Bepanthen

Withstanding intense pain for a few hours is nothing, NOTHING, compared to peeling off that cling film when you get home and applying that first application of cream. Adrenaline levels have relaxed and your body now absolutely hates you for the trauma. At least you're alone now and not totally wimping out in the tattoo parlour.

16. "Did It Hurt?"

Not at all, in fact getting tattooed feels like a million baby kittens licking your skin while your head is in a rainbow of euphoria. Only kidding, it feels like you've just accidentally leaned on your Gran's burning hot radiator while thousands of minuscule Cenobites enter the dermis layer of your skin.

15. When People Want To Show You Theirs

Only, you don't really have a choice, because the stranger in question is currently stripping off to show you their terrific script work, usually their own name on their shoulder, or a deformed Winnie The Pooh they had tattooed in Magaluf. Because we're a typically polite nation, we'll just nod and tell them it's cool.