Chest tattoos can be placed on your upper, middle, or lower chest area. You can get creative with your tattoo placement and keep it hidden, like with a sternum tattoo, or keep the design above the breast bone in plain sight. A tattoo artist breaks down everything you should know about chest tattoos, including cost, pain levels, and aftercare, ahead.

As far as body parts go, the chest area is one of the biggest canvases you've got (second to your back, of course). That's why it makes such a popular location for a new tattoo: there are so many other, smaller sub locations you can choose. Now, some people take full advantage of this wide range of real estate — looking at you, Pete Davidson and Justin Bieber — and decide to fill up every inch of the space with ink. Then there are others who prefer to keep their chest tattoos relegated to one or two sections, like on the collarbone, along the sternum, or on the pec on either side of the breast.

While this location of body art can be easily hidden under a T-shirt, one of the perks of a chest tattoo is that it can be a conversation starter if you choose to show it off. "A chest tattoo, depending on the season, is one of the first things you see on a person," Jazmin Paulino, tattoo artist at Fleur Noire Tattoo in Brooklyn, NY, tells POPSUGAR. "So be prepared for the attention."

If you're considering getting your own chest tattoo, there are a few things to consider. That's why we asked Paulino to break down everything you'd need to know before your appointment, from how painful chest tattoos are to how much they cost (and everything in between). Keep scrolling for more.

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