The Long Road Ahead...- Philadelphia, PA

Thank you for the reply Barbiedoll this is worst then the actual laser treatment itself imo. I know it will pass but it wakes me up at night. How long did yours last? I've went thru two tubes of cortison bec unfortunatly I have to do my entire arm and the tubes are small : (

Itchy phase can vary between a couple days to couple hours for mine depending on how I've been eating and how much water I've had... I read that itching is a sign of healing but severe itching is a sign of lack of water... Mine is fairly large but not filled in, I have a review up... So it's a good portion of my arm I deal with, I also always swell up really bad...

Itching absolutely is a sign of dehydration. Don't confuse this with whole body dehydration, although for a large segment of the population this is typically also true. If you have itching, drink more water and consult your tech about aftercare. Some suggest Aquaphor, some other topical solutions like Aloe. It's not normal to have intense itching though, and it's possible that you will be scratching while sleeping and causing skin damage during the healing phase.

Are you from gotattooremoval? I think I read the dehydration from u and Ben... Lol

And if not, thanks anyways! :)

Thanks Mike. you would think that working in a gym and drinking water all day I would be adequately hydrated but... oh and as for the itching no, it just wakes me up at night. I'm def not scratching but I'm rubbing my arm that is how intense it gets. I consulted my guy and he said its normal and it too will pass. He basically said to keep taking the benedryl and use Aquaphor. I just can't stand that it will wake me up at night. It comes and goes like at night It will make me up 4 hours after taking benedryl and in the am I'm fine but then at work I'll be fine and all of a sudden it will come on.

no that's not me : )

No and it wasent supposed to look like a tribal. The moral of the story is, that if you want a flower sleeve of hybiscus flowers for example make sure you check to see how the artist can tatoo them. He may be great a drawing roses but suck at that type of flower. I went in with a japenese style sleeve it was supposed to be black and grey with the flowers. He apparently must have sucked at shading so the grey was looking really horrendous and so he told me that he was going to make the grey black since it would make the flowers pop more. I should have just bagged it then but I unfortunately trusted him and the shop and the owner was there everyday and ya think would have stepped in saying dude your ruining this but whatever its over and done with but NO, to get back to your oriiginal question (sorry for going off on a tanget) but it was not supposed to be so black. The only saving grace is black works well with laser so I'm hoping that this continues to do very well and it won't take as many sessions as I'm thinking.

Oh ok, sorry for the question, just wondered. I know there's a lot of people into tribal and black work... But true, black responds the best to laser... Good luck! :)

That's ok, Barbiedoll90 that's what we are all here for to help each other and answer questions from our own personal experience : )

thanks notme123 : ) I think we all know what a long haul this is so its nice to hear some positive comments esp since we see ours all the time so we don't notice it as much.

Thanks. I love him! he's the most down to earth person there is in the buz. He truely cares about all his clients because he has been where we all are, sitting in the chair wanting to get rid of a mistake. He got into the business because of so many people like us who have made mistakes want to get rid of it but can't afford 500 per treatment for barley a square inch. Jack really takes care of all of his customers and is always answering my questions. That is why I said it was ok, its just the itching gets to you after awhile but he told me its par for the course. Thanks for the comment about Jack. I know he's the man! : )