I really want a lower back tattoo. I am afraid it will hurt too badly though. My friends keep telling me to go fo it. They all have them, and they said they didn’t hurt as much as they thought they would. As a matter of fact, one friend had to have her tattoo completed in steps. It wasn’t because it hurt too badly to have it done in one sitting. It was because it tickled too much to have it done in one sitting. She is very ticklish, and even having a needle thrust into her back several times felt ticklish rather than painful.