Happy with Picosure! - Sacramento, CA

I just wrote a very detailed review and then lost it because I clicked out accidentally! I want to get this rolling so I'm posting the basics now:)

First of all, thanks to everyone for sharing your removal process- I'm another one who has benefited greatly and want to add to the wealth of info. on here!
I will share more of my motivation later. I relate to some of the difficult stages of regret but am feeling positive/ at ease about the whole thing now. Luckily I think many tattoos are beautiful and so no negativity there- but am also totally clear and resolved to remove mine!
These tattoos are all 10+ years old and professionally done. I only posted sections as to keep this private from anyone who could recognize them. These pics. aren't of too much value since I have no baseline but they are a start!
The first 2 had much darker, bolder outlines then the 3rd, which was crappily done (funny how that's a good thing now:). The first 2 are around 2 by 2 inches and on my inner arm above my wrist. The 3rd is a section of a 3/4 sleeve- but not a solid sleeve. As you can probably tell, I began coloring it in and then realized that I wasn't going to be any happier with it so luckily stopped. The sleeve has black outline, some shading, the green and blue scales and red flames (yay!) luckily the flames are sparse and pretty light on ink- I will have to treat them with a different laser later.
All tattoos responded very well to the pico treatment. The two smaller tattoos had blue- in the frame of the 2nd and in 2 squares of the 1st- all is 95% clear- only a faint hint of blue left, if any. The 2nd had purple in the little round clouds at the top of the frame and that is 100% gone- the outline faded and broke up. The first had the thickest lines and they are thinner and faded. The yellow in the 2nd looks unchanged to me but I'm fine being left with a little sun burst on my arm.
The sleeve's outline is the most drastic- it is almost gone in places. The bright green in the scales faded and turned to yellow- -we will see what happens with the yellow(?) and the blue is greatly faded. The colors were newer and very bright- about 4 by 1 inch filled in.

I plan on booking a treatment at Trueskin in the coming weeks. The price I listed was in CA- the UK treatments will be 799 euros! I'll leave quite a bit of time in between passes. My goal is 3 passes by summer:)
Also, I'm a runner in my mid 30's- don't smoke.

Thanks again!

Hi,

I finally got over to Bluewater- took 2 high speed trains and a bus from Paris (3 hours)! Wow, what a production- I am trying to keep the negativity at bay- so many other things I could have done with a full day and 500 pounds and 100 euros:) Holly was my laser technician and she was very nice- which helped quite a bit. I used the cool air machine but no other pain relieving substances.
I'm fairly dissapointed about the effects this time around but I know that is standard- less obvious fading right away. The damage to my skin was much less this time, almost nothing but managable swelling and redness on one arm and the little bumpy blistering on the dragon. She had it at a 3. I'm guessing that wasn't strong enough for the lighter- dragon arm ink. I'm only doing a section of that tattoo at once at the moment because I was scared of swelling and can't take the time out to have a club arm.
I'll post another set in a few weeks, if they are healed. Hope these are helpful!