How Many Tattoos Can You Get At Once?

Here is a small biology lesson concerning tattoos:

When the needle group breaks the skin for the first time, the body immediately begins creating endorphins. These are the body's natural hormones used to combat pain. They are sent from the pituitary gland to the area that is experiencing the pain. However, it can only sustain endorphin production for so long. Once the endorphins run out, the pain sets in again. As an artist, I have to consider a couple of things.

1. What is the pain tolerance of my client? Do I think he/she is capable of sitting through another small tattoo?

2. What is the proximity of the second tattoo to the first? Will I possibly be overworking any skin?

Typically, I prefer not to do multiple tattoos on a client in the same sitting because having multiple wounds increases the risk of infection.

EDIT: Yes, I read the entire question. I'm not the artist that is going to be tattooing you. So, obviously, my answer consisted of questions that an artist will ask his or herself prior to placing mulitple tattoos on a client in one sitting. Didn't you read my entire answer?

The most I've gotten at once is 2 but I don't think more than that would be a good idea because it's hard to care for multiple healing tattoos at the same time. No, you won't get ink poisoning. That ink is 100% non-toxic or it would be illegal. Stay away from that $300 deal. It sounds VERY shady.

I just got a new tattoo yesterday and had my first one retouched. While I was at the parlor another guy was getting a new tattoo and had one retouched. There is nothing wrong with getting multiple tattoo's, but I'd ask around your area to see if anyone else has gotten tattoo's from those artists/that place, I'd also go in there and look to see what their sterilization process is. If they are snappy with you about asking questions about sanitation then you probably should not go there. Small tattoo's are really easy to care for.

As many as you can stand. Start with the dragon, if you feel you are up to it, do the other also. My only concern is the small tattoo on a hip. Small tattoos need to go on small locations such as a wrist or ankle, otherwise they wont look right. The idea is to match the size of the tattoo to the body location size. A small tattoo on big location makes it look like its floating in space.

You can get both done, just make sure you tell your artist you don't want sessions, that way they'll know to book you in for enough time to finish. Some people have to stop and do sessions because they can't handle all the pain, mind you I am talking about larger pieces. I'm not entirely sure on the size you want, but you might want to talk to your artist about it, see how long they think it's going to take etc.

I'd stay away from any place that does tattoos buffet-style. You get what you pay for with tattoos.

It wouldn't be a problem to get them in separate areas on your body during the same appointment. I've done it before and they are fine. The only drawback is the healing process. It's tough to sleep when you've got new ink in various spots on your body.