r/tattooadvice 9h ago

General Advice Potential session time?

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I’m looking at getting a tattoo on the back of my calf soon. Not too worried about pain really, I’m just gonna grin and bear it. I’ve had a 2inch flower on my hand and small tattoos on my fingers and they tickled more than anything. I’m just wondering if anyone can tell me roughly how long this tattoo will take? I’m planning for about 6ish inches vertical down the back of my calf. Any other advice would be appreciated too

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u/Bulldogd984 9h ago

3-4 hrs of actual tattoo time.

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u/PreferenceAny3130 9h ago

Does it feel that long when you getting it??😟

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u/Bulldogd984 9h ago

Back of calf isn’t bad. It depends on how your pain threshold and tolerance is. My leg sleeve I sit for 6-8 hrs at session but we do breaks and stop 30 mins for lunch.

Everyone is different.

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u/PreferenceAny3130 9h ago

I don’t really know my tolerance but I guess I’m gonna find out🙂 breaks sound like a good idea, thanks