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Hope you're not eating as you read this!
So here we have a photographic gallery update of my scabby phase-the scabs are starting to lift on their own, I took a little peek under the loose ones and can see some areas are a little pink, but all the rest is looking good! Doesn't hurt, itches a little bit-but it's an improvement :) looks pretty disgusting actually, but I like to think of it as a small success! What was once blue has turned into a shadow-I imagine one more pass will eliminate the remnants. The light black shading is also pretty non-existent, and some of the dense black ink is starting to break up in some areas. The red is pretty unscathed at this point, I don't have much faith in the PicoSure to get rid of the red-I'm currently looking into other lasers to get the job done.
I suppose it would be helpful to mention this is day 12 post Pico So yeah! Take a look at the little gallery I put together and see for yourself. Hope you all are having a good day, wherever you are. Stay positive and love your life!
I suppose it would be helpful to mention this is day 12 post Pico So yeah! Take a look at the little gallery I put together and see for yourself. Hope you all are having a good day, wherever you are. Stay positive and love your life!
Day 8/phase 3
So now that the dust has settled...massive blood blisters have been gone for a couple of days now, swelling has subsided since I woke up Thursday (6 days post treatment), And the best part is I can sleep on my other side now (YES! HAHA)...things have improved overall which brings me to phase 3: The scabbing - the remnamts of the blood blisters are pretty unsightly, looks like someone placed some pepporoni slices over my scabby post laze tat, not cute. I didn't take any photos, but I will.
The itching is sooo intense-the kind you can feel in the core. Up until this point I have not been moisturizing the area, I feel I tend to heal faster and better when I allow my wounds to dry out rather than slathering a bunch of stuff on it, but by George I may just start lubing it up to keep me tempted from scratching.
So far I see a pretty good amount of fading and I'm only 1 week in after my first session so I'm feeling pretty optimistic. I am undertaking a large piece and I know this is going to be a long and grueling process, but after talking with some of you on here I am okay with the reality. I'm okay with taking it slow and perhaps even tackling smaller sections rather than blasting half or the whole thing off at a time which is what I initially intended to do, at least for now while there is so much dense ink. I have read and heard people saying it gets a little more comfortable as the dense ink breaks up so that's something to look forward to.
I have 4 other tattoos I'd like to start the process of removal on-sounds like a drag, doesn't it? As much as I'd like to turn back the sands of time and NOT get inked-what's done is done and now it's time to restore myself to my original glory-at least as much as I can :) well that's all for now, folks. Hope everyone is doing ok out there!
The itching is sooo intense-the kind you can feel in the core. Up until this point I have not been moisturizing the area, I feel I tend to heal faster and better when I allow my wounds to dry out rather than slathering a bunch of stuff on it, but by George I may just start lubing it up to keep me tempted from scratching.
So far I see a pretty good amount of fading and I'm only 1 week in after my first session so I'm feeling pretty optimistic. I am undertaking a large piece and I know this is going to be a long and grueling process, but after talking with some of you on here I am okay with the reality. I'm okay with taking it slow and perhaps even tackling smaller sections rather than blasting half or the whole thing off at a time which is what I initially intended to do, at least for now while there is so much dense ink. I have read and heard people saying it gets a little more comfortable as the dense ink breaks up so that's something to look forward to.
I have 4 other tattoos I'd like to start the process of removal on-sounds like a drag, doesn't it? As much as I'd like to turn back the sands of time and NOT get inked-what's done is done and now it's time to restore myself to my original glory-at least as much as I can :) well that's all for now, folks. Hope everyone is doing ok out there!
5 days post Pico
Hi y'all just a little update: my blisters got HUGE-3 decent sized blisters joined forces into one GIANT blister, couple of them popped on their own, and I induced the largest one as it was just extremely uncomfortable and protruding-however it did not fully drain so I just left it alone half-drained. I took the night off of work last night as my leg was still pretty uncomfortable to stand or walk on for extended periods of time-last shift I worked (Sunday, 2 days post Pico), my leg swelled up to twice its size and was extremely painful after being on it for 8 hours. I also panicked haha. I must admit the healing process has been intense to a certain degree.
Today I report that the fluid inside my blisters has gone from yellow to a reddish-yellow, has anyone else experienced this phenomena? There is some red ink in my tattoo-but not so much where the blisters have formed. On the plus side, most of the blisters have started to resolve on their own and so far my leg doesn't feel as tight as it has been, and I don't feel tingly when I stand on it after resting periods. I'm going to phone the office later just to be sure the reddening of the blister fluid is normal so my mind can be at ease. Hope you all are healing well and having a great day!
Today I report that the fluid inside my blisters has gone from yellow to a reddish-yellow, has anyone else experienced this phenomena? There is some red ink in my tattoo-but not so much where the blisters have formed. On the plus side, most of the blisters have started to resolve on their own and so far my leg doesn't feel as tight as it has been, and I don't feel tingly when I stand on it after resting periods. I'm going to phone the office later just to be sure the reddening of the blister fluid is normal so my mind can be at ease. Hope you all are healing well and having a great day!
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