If you have already made up your mind about getting inked, you must be prepared to experience some level of pain. This is because your tattoo artist will use a machine to repeatedly pierce the topmost layer of your skin with a sharp, ink-drenched needle. However, different people have different pain thresholds, so their experiences could vastly differ from each other (via Healthline). Per the website, while there is no scientific evidence as to which body parts will experience more pain when getting tattooed, anecdotal information suggests that locations with fat deposits, fewer nerve endings, and thickest skin would hurt the least.

That said, you might want to avoid getting a tattoo on your armpits, as you might experience a lot of pain in this particular location. In fact, most tattoo artists advise people against getting their armpits tattooed. Likewise, as Healthline explains, avoid getting a tattoo on your rib cage, as there is less fat in this area and the skin covering it is also generally thinner, as compared to many other body parts.