They have to go in a bit deeper, because the skin is thicker, and they have to stipple it. They have to really poke to get the ink in there. From what Tony said, there's no worry about going too deep into muscle or bone, because the machine would stop working before it got to that point, from resistance. But that's part of the reason it hurts so much. That and there are just a lot of nerves there.

It's not guaranteed that it will even last, but this guy's done a lot of them, so we'll see. I may have to have it touched up several times. And after it heals, it won't be as black as it is now. The palm tattoos I've seen that are healed are more bluish/greenish. I have some tattoos on the back of my other hand, that I got last year, and they are really clear and dark. My skin seems to take the ink really well, so I'm hoping I have a good chance of keeping this one.

The healing is a beeyotch, lemme tell ya! My palm feels like it's been stabbed with an ice pick. And that's an area that gets crunched and scrunched a lot, so I'm constantly reminded of it. He was right that your hand is pretty useless for a few days after.