Picosure Tattoo Removal Because Artist Messed Up Cover Up - London, United Kingdom

you are under a time limit schedule where u have to have 8 treatments within the year.. it works out one treatment every 6 weeks. Like wayne says the minimum should be two months between treatments..it is extremely important to let the skin heal to avoid scarring..

I'm having treatment on my half sleeve at the moment and I'm into my 5th treatment with the picosure and I've been leaving it about 8 weeks

that's good to here, good luck...if you have any redness, buy a product called remescar..worked wonders on my redness, and flattens out scars..i used it everyday for 9 weeks and it made a big difference

hey eva, yeh that's the most frustrating thing, most of my tattoo I was pleased with but my artist has messed up..this aint just me being a perfectionist either as other tattoo artists have seen it and agreed... I will find another photo and upload of what it looked like before if I can find it!

Sounds good, thanks :)

I totally disagree with you on this - I think Trueskin in Esher don't really know what they're doing. Plus they introduced the Pico Plan a few months after they started offering Picosure laser treatment so suckers like me forked out £800 a time for 2 tattoos to be lasered, only to find out from this site they offer Pico Plan. I challenged them about this and they said unfortunately I started my treatment after it had been introduced. I ended up paying for 5 treatments and then complained so much about the shocking results they gave me 2 free treatments. I'm now left with awful splodge/scars on my torso that I fear won't ever go (haven't been assured they would be gone by 5 treatments) ! Ultimately you're being treated by a 'beautician' who has been trained how to use a Picosure machine. I'd far rather be treated by a medical professional who knows more about side affects/pain relief/after care etc. I wouldn't go back to Trueskin knowing what I do now but when I heard they offered it and were the first in the UK to have it of course I couldn't wait!!

I'm on my 5th treatment with picosure and I'm on the pico plan, in my opinion I'm having a good experience and true skin are the only place in England with picosure, well there Is the exception of a few tattoo shops with it but on a more professional level of cosmetic care i think true skin have handled my treatments well and I feel I've had the best treatment possible.

This comment above sounds suspiciously like you work for trueskin. The staff at Trueskin are telling people they can remove tattoos in 2-4 treatments which is completely false, as many members on here are now finding out to their disappointment. No one can predict how many treatments will be needed to remove a tattoo, and any good laser technician should know this. People should not be telling customers how many treatments it will take to remove a tattoo, because if the tattoo is still present after the estimated amount of treatments needed to remove it, the customer is only going to be disheartened. Yes you are right there is no pressure to have treatments at trueskin but you are still contracted under a time frame to have 8 treatments in 12 months.. Key to removing a tattoo is patience and the amount of time you leave between treatments to let your skin to heal and encourage further fading. This is a well-known fact. If you take 3 months off from removal, then you have to fit more treatments in a shorter space of time which is not good. You should post some pictures up of your removal process to help others. Actually wayne is cheaper overall, he prices his tattoos on circumstances not size like at trueskin... as for the Reset room being shabby, u must of went to a different place, it was extremely clean and no carpets were present when I was there! Nothing like an old pub! wayne has been removing tattoos long before January and does it every day. Many people on here are leaving trueskin going to see wayne and trueskin are fully aware of. Members reading this, I am not trying to be funny to the above “member” but I am sorry some of the information posted above by elinm is simply not true. I am genuinely on here to help others if I can as let’s face it this whole process is very hard, but any information posted which is untrue is just wrong (especially the bit about the reset room being shabby). Read welshchads review of wayne if you still doubt what I am saying, and he knows rather a lot about this whole process! But wherever u go for treatment as long as your happy that’s all that counts.

Couldn't agree more mate. I went in for my consultation at Trueskin Bluewater and was told "we're averaging 3-4 treatments for removal". What a load of rubbish, I do think it's more effective than q switch but to say 3-4 is a total lie. I have never heard any stories or seen any pictures ever of a tattoo removed by them in 3-4! I have had 6 so far and think it will be 8 maybe 9 before it's gone. I'm staying with them until this is gone then when my next wants removing I'll go elsewhere, rant over!

Ah I hope so..but surely having another laser session will make the hyperpigmentation worse? The blisters have gone thankfully but underneath is very pink skin..hope it doesn't scar!

Thankyou eva for the kind words and I hope alls well with you....you are right it is the perfect platform to express your feelings here..just wish sometimes I could talk face to face with someone going through the same experience sometimes!

You're welcome :)