Indian Ethnicity Removing All Black Tattoo on Wrist - Little Rock, AR

My husband and I got engaged on the beach and I consider him and God my "anchors" that keep me grounded...this lead up to me getting my small anchor tattoo (all black) on my wrist (1 inch x 1 inch). The first time it was done by the tattoo artist it wasn't symmetrical at all. I went back and had him try to fix it and it wasn't symmetrical as well. OOOkkkay...so I went back a third time to the main owner and asked him to fix it. He totally changed the whole look of my anchor to something I didn't even approve of. He said he wasn't going to change the look much, just even it out....when I looked down at my arm I was horrified. It looked more like a tribal anchor tattoo for a man than a dainty anchor that I pictured. I won't name the tattoo parlor because I don't feel it's appropriate to "bash" anyone on here. Just stating what happened to me.

After 2 days of looking at it and being super disappointed I decided to just have it laser removed off and then go get it redone by the lady back home (3 hours away) who did my original tattoo. I scheduled an appointment with D-Inked in Little Rock and they were able to get me in that weekend. They use the FDA approved Astanza Trinity Laser . Yes, it hurt (worse than getting the tattoo) and felt like what is typically described as small rubber bands snapping on my skin....but it was TOTALLY worth it. They used the cooling tool to "tone down" with the pain, which was super helpful! Nicole was very nice, informative, and patient!

After just one treatment (keep in mind my tattoo was only a little over a week old getting redone) there is SIGNIFICANT lightening/fading of my tattoo. With having darker skin (Indian ethnicity) I was afraid what results I might end up with. (I will post pictures later today). That night a blister formed over part of it. I could see blood and ink forming inside. As instructed, I DIDN'T pop it. I work in the medical field and know blisters are a good thing and great for healing. Plus if popped too early it can introduce bacteria into the wound and lead to infection/scarring.

I'm on day 6 right now and last night part of my blister popped on its own and some blood and a tiny bit of ink came out. Now it's just a scab waiting to heal and fall off. They say don't pick at the scab either because it's adhering to some ink underneath and when it falls off it will take some of the ink with it. The scab looks super dark right now because of so much ink in it.

I'm SOOOOOO GLAD I went ahead and chose to get this removed (in the process). With my tat only being a little over a week old, it HADN'T healed up all the way and the ink HADN'T settled into my skin much so I've got GREAT results with the first treatment. I'm ok with it not going 100% fully gone because I'm going to have a better anchor tattooed over it by the lady who I should have gone to in the first place!!!!! I can't wait to see my results after this first treatment heals and I go back for 2 more treatments (prepaid).

They were running a special so that's why I got 3 treatments for such a good price !

I should have went to the lady who did my 1st tattoo and my tattooed eyeliner...but I was in a hurry and didn't want to drive 3 hours.....I'll trust my gut feeling next time and just make that drive.....so I won't have to go through all this again!!!!! TRUST YOUR GUT FEELING!!!

Here are some pictures to help explain what I'm going through.