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There are a couple of important factors to remember before you get a wrist tattoo done. They are:

• Since the wrist area is covered with a thin skin with very little muscles under it, the pain will probably be more intense than any other areas of the body. Though people say the pain is more or less the same as getting a tattoo anywhere else on the body, but you need to keep this factor in mind, if you are particularly sensitive to pain.

• Wrist tattoos take longer time to heal. Since it is one of the most exposed areas of the body, you might need to do some ‘refurbishing’ of the design after a few years, if you want it to retain its sharpness of design.

• The design factor is also important. Strangely, almost 25% of the people with wrist tattoos regret their decision. So you must take an informed decision about its design, as you do not wish to regret this important decision later.

• The other important factor to remember is that earlier, much before tattoos got to be accepted in society, star tattoos on the wrist signified lesbianism or gay communities. Though such insinuations have long disappeared, it is important to keep this historical fact in mind, before you get a wrist tattoo done with a star.

The more popular site on the wrist to have a tattoo is on the inside of the wrist than the outside. The reason for this could be the inside of the wrist is easier to hide, if you want to. There are many who like a combination of tattoo done on the outside of the wrist along with a tattoo sleeve and hand tattoos.

Wrist tattoos are available in a wide variety of designs and styles. You could wear them like a wrist-band which encircles the wrist. Nautical stars and words are also popular with people. Celtic knots or tribal are also favorite wrist tattoo designs. If you wish to write words, English, kanji (Japanese) or even Sanskrit (India) are scripts people use. Flowers, kissing lips and hearts are popular wrist tattoo designs with women.

In case your place of work does not allow tattooing, a wrist tattoo can easily be hidden with a wrist-watch, unless you decide to wear long-sleeve clothes al the time! After office hours, you could show of your wrist tattoo to your hearts content.

A few celebrity facts, if that’s your thing!…

• Nicole Ritchie wears a red shooting star on the inner left wrist. She also has the world ‘virgin’ inscribed on her right wrist

• The word ‘breathe’ is tattooed in white on the right wrist of Lindsay Lohan while a small star is inscribed on her left wrist

• Britney Spears wears a lips tattoo on her wrist

• The Sanskrit character of a lotus in tattooed on the wrist of Jessica Alba

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