mhartmann11
Picosure laser tattoo removal (including color ink) (yellow)
Today I had my first picosure laser tattoo removal on forearm. My tattoo is a sunflower about the size of your palm (3x3") It has been 2 hours post treatment and I am having minor stinging. The treatment itself was very similar to getting a tattoo. They had me put lidocaine numbing cream 5% for about 45 minutes before treatment. It really helped take the edge off. The treatment itself took about 5 minutes. The tattoo turned very white right after. They call that "frosting". I noticed a lot of the shading eliminated already. I am excited to look at the improvement over the next few weeks.Updated on 2 May 2017: Sorry for delay on photos! I finally have had the chance to upload onto my computer. It has now been 8 weeks post Picosure laser treatment on my forearm. This coming Thursday will be my second treatment! I will keep you all updated on results :) I am extremely happy so far with the first treatment. They removed much of the shading.Updated on 8 Aug 2017: Hi! So sorry on my late response. I promise I am going to get better at updating my progress much faster. I have now had 3 treatments total out of an estimated 7. The second treatment was much less painful than the first. I had very little down time and it only stung for about 3 days. The third treatment was the least painful of all of them so far! I asked them what the reason for that was, and they said that the less ink that is in the skin; the less the laser has to break down. They did use the strongest level on me for the third treatment which made for minor blistering for about 4 days. It wasn't extremely painful.. it just looked really red and slightly bumpy. If you follow the care instructions and use lots of aquaphor you will be just fine.