Plan your tattoo by body area
Compare tattoo pain, fading and practical placement guidance by body area. Select a spot to see the details, then switch between Pain and Fade.
Interactive body map
- 1–2 Low
- 3–4 Mild–Moderate
- 5–6 Moderate
- 7–8 High
- 9–10 Severe
- Low
- Medium
- High
Choose an area from the list
Keyboard-friendly list of every body area. It works with both the 3D and 2D map.
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Head & neck
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Torso & shoulders
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Arms & hands
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Hips & thighs
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Knees, lower legs & feet
Keyboard users: Tab enters the body map once. Use the arrow keys to move between body areas, Home or End to jump to the first or last area, and Enter or Space to select. The body-area buttons below the map remain an alternative.
Community pain
Help improve the pain map
Had a tattoo before? Rate the areas you’ve experienced. More ratings help the map better reflect real tattoo experiences.
TattooGuide companion
Planning more than placement?
TattooGuide covers preparation, prices, aftercare and choosing an artist when you need more than the body map.
How to use it
The body map has two heatmaps, both built on the same body-area data:
- Pain — areas coloured by how much they tend to hurt (shown by default).
- Fade — areas coloured by how quickly tattoos tend to age and fade there.
Rotate the 3D body (or use the 2D map), pick Pain or Fade, then select an area. The panel shows the full picture for that spot — pain, fading, healing, visibility, first-tattoo friendliness and practical placement, size and style advice. Pain and fade ratings are estimates based on common tattoo-artist experience and vary a lot from person to person — they're shown as a number and a label, never colour alone. Read how we estimate them on How it works, browse published placement guides, open the larger 3D body map, or read more about the project on About.