For some people, the lower back tattoos are believed as the easiest tattoo to paint and to show to others. This area of the body is suitable for any shape, size and design of tattoo, and it can be easy to show or to hide from, dependent on the user.
Pros and Contras of Lower Back Tattoos
As the other tattoos and tattoos portal, there are always have advantage and disadvantage about lower back tattoos. When the lower back tattoos become popular among people, yet many positive and negative perception about it rise.
The pros of lower back tattoos
In the case of lower back tattoos, there are important points to consider. First, there is a wide space for large design, the lower back is wide area to paint the horizontal tattoo and it can be easy to work on. The second one is lower back is not the area which can be affected by fluctuation of weigth, therefore when the tattoo artist works on it the design will not move or damaged.
For people who care about these things, the lower back tattoos can be hided as they want and they no need to worry about how to hide it when they are going to have job interview. Eventually, for most of women, lower back is still the sexiest part of the body than the others.
The contras of lower back tattoos
The minus point of getting lower back tattoos is about feeling pain during the painting. The general term of getting tattoo is the area of body which usually covered by clothes can be the softer skin, therefore the lower back must be hurt more than any other area when the tattoo needle works on it.
The next thing to consider about the care after tattooing is the area can be more difficult to clean and to cover, particularly when someone has just got a tattoo and does not have any one to look after her or him for cleaning and swabbing.
There is a warning about having lower back tattoo for women that it can be harmful when they are giving birth because the difficulty of getting epidural analgesia, perhaps it is caused by over tattooing on lower back which can obscure the back bone.
That is considered the ink tattoo can be absorb through the back bone by tattoo needle, it still does not prove yet and many people still doubt about the result but it will be better if you decide to have such a tattoo you must go to an obstetrician and consulting about it.
For a note, getting a tattoo when having a pregnancy is a risk and is not suggested for any women for it will cause hemorrhaging, another effect during the pregnancy is body immune will decrease and susceptible to infection.
Women Lower Back Tattoos Designs
The horizontal design or “V” shape is the popular design, perhaps because the lower back area is suitable to such design. If you think this design is interesting then you can choose such as tribal, butterfly, heart, fairy with spreading wings, angel’s wings, vines, a bunch of flower and names.
The other design is the small one centered in the middle of lower back surface, the small tattoo looks good on it and can be various kind of design such as star, cross, rose or another single flower, baby footprints and animal footprints.
Tattoo studios are usually have many designs and including for lower back tattoos, it is not difficult also to find out the examples of design from popular tattoo magazine which you can buy in book store or some place where sell such magazine. With a little touch of wild imagination and modification of your own design, the sky is the only edge to express your lower back by ink tattoo.
Who Chooses Lower Back Tattoos
Most of lower back tattoos are chosen by women than men, one of the reasons women choose to have a tattoo on this area is because they think it will look sexy. The lower back very often is showed when someone wears swimsuit or cutting-shirt or lowrider pants, having tattoo on lower back will express a kind of mysterious and mystic atmosphere.
Placing a tattoo in erotic areas will evoke the beauty of tattoo, the large horizontal tattoo in the middle of lower back is a popular design to attract people for looking on it. Many celebrities such as Britney Spears has a lower back tattoo.
As every new tattoo, you must ensure how your design will look on your lower back, either way you want to show or to hide it, because you will have your tattoo for a long period. You should consider about the pro and the contra of lower back tattoos, then you decide your self to select carefully.
