21 of the best masturbation-themed tattoos we could find

May is National Masturbation Month, and we’re celebrating with Feeling Yourself, a series exploring the finer points of self-pleasure.

Having an image permanently immortalized on your flesh vessel is a big decision. What will you go for? Some delicate, detailed floral patches? Your mom’s name? 

Or how about something a bit more saucy? 

Sex tattoos. People get them. They’re usually pretty bad, though. The artistic designs are too graphic, or just terrible on the sheer principle of getting a dick plastered on a visible part of your body alone. 

But masturbation-themed tattoos are a relatively recent subset of tattoos that, when done tastefully, can be cheeky and sexy in the best of ways. They’re an ode to self-love without the brazen aura sex tattoos usually give off (alerting everyone in the vicinity that “this person fucks”). 

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The most successful ones are confidently sex positive. The worst enter into “think about the eyes of your future grandchildren” territory. We’ve waded through a lot of horny ink to give you the best, most erotic self-pleasure tats around. 

(Note: Most of these tattoos are of vaginas. No shade to the peni out there, this just seems to be a general tattoo trend. They’re also mostly NSFW.) 

1. “I’ll love me enough for both of us.”

2. Now, that’s what I call a graphic novel. 

3. To yourself, with love. 

4. “Wet dreams 🌊”

5. Lifting the velvet curtain

6. The universe is in your own hands. 

7. This one gives a whole new meaning to “flower pressing.” 

8. [Mariah Carey voice] “Touch my body, put me on the floor…”

9. This one’s for all you sapiosexuals out there. 

10. Two hands are better than one. 

11. Help me, help you. 

12. Very Georgia O’Keeffe vibes here

13. Well, that’s one way to do it.

14. Talk about self-L-O-V-E. 

15. Fun in the sun

16. Take a hit and enjoy yourself. 

17. …Sure.

18. Romeo + Juliet 

19. A real sex bob-omb 

20. “Long live the love.” 

21. There’s nothing sexier than the abstract concept of Death. 

We hope these have inspired some ideas for your next ink … or at the very least, for your next self-love session. 

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