I’m 19. Got this a year ago for my grandmother who passed. Not sure what I was thinking. Thought of a trillion different tattoos I could’ve gotten instead. Anyways I was wondering how well this would come out? I would rather have it in its entirety than just faded. On the ribs if you can’t tell. Didn’t want to go so big. I think my tattoo artist hated me lol
October 31, 2017
Answer: Regretting Tattoo for Grandma? PicoWay Removes Colored Tattoos Your grandmother would surely have appreciated the thought, if not the result. Luckily, your tattoo can be removed with the PicoWay laser. It uses short pulses of high energy delivered in picoseconds (that’s just a trillioneth of a second) to shatter tattoo pigment, layer by layer. It’s especially good with darker colors, so your tattoo should be fairly easy to remove. Still, it will take at least five sessions, leaving about two months between each treatment for your body to clear the pigment fragments. A board-certified dermatologist will be able to help you make that butterfly fly away for good.
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October 31, 2017
Answer: Regretting Tattoo for Grandma? PicoWay Removes Colored Tattoos Your grandmother would surely have appreciated the thought, if not the result. Luckily, your tattoo can be removed with the PicoWay laser. It uses short pulses of high energy delivered in picoseconds (that’s just a trillioneth of a second) to shatter tattoo pigment, layer by layer. It’s especially good with darker colors, so your tattoo should be fairly easy to remove. Still, it will take at least five sessions, leaving about two months between each treatment for your body to clear the pigment fragments. A board-certified dermatologist will be able to help you make that butterfly fly away for good.
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October 27, 2017
Answer: Use the Best Technology Available and Have Patience Thanks for your question and posting a picture. Tattoo regret is very common. Almost every tattoo can be completely removed with enough time and treatments. The most important factor is patience. You have to give your body time to absorb the ink. For laser tattoo removal you have two routes.The older nanosecond or Q-Switch lasers that came out about 20 years ago. The majority of former Q-Switch patients we see have significant hypopigmentation (ghosting) around and under their tattoo. The Q-Switch lasers have trouble differentiating between the melanin in your skin and ink. The technology uses heat to burn the pigment out of your skin. In addition, we have seen patients with raised scars as if they have been branded. Both of these condition are irreversible. Picosecond laser came out about 3 years ago. Every laser manufacturer has a different marketing hook to make you choose their laser. At the end of the day, it's about the technology and experience of the clinician. All PicoSecond lasers (like the Enlighten, PicoWay & PicoSure) fire 1000 times faster per second, using a pressure wave rather than heat to shear the ink molecules apart. The hype of extra wavelengths does not make that much of a difference. The 755 nm will get rid of most of the ink colors. For red and pink ink, you would need to make sure they have 532 nm. After using the PicoSure for almost 3 years, we have only seen pinpoint hypopigmentation in a very small number of patients usually of darker skin tones. We cannot say it is impossible to get burned with a Picosecond laser, but it is highly unlikely. We tell every PicoSure tattoo patient to expect at least 6 treatments, but don’t be surprised if it takes 10 to 12. Patience is the key for our patients. We typically see our tattoo removal patients every 8 to 12 weeks initially. If they have more time than money, we encourage them to come every 6 months as the tattoos seem to continue to fade while they wait.Treatment prices vary by market. The cost for picosecond treatments will be higher, but you should need less than half the treatments compared to a nanosecond laser. Best of luck.
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October 27, 2017
Answer: Use the Best Technology Available and Have Patience Thanks for your question and posting a picture. Tattoo regret is very common. Almost every tattoo can be completely removed with enough time and treatments. The most important factor is patience. You have to give your body time to absorb the ink. For laser tattoo removal you have two routes.The older nanosecond or Q-Switch lasers that came out about 20 years ago. The majority of former Q-Switch patients we see have significant hypopigmentation (ghosting) around and under their tattoo. The Q-Switch lasers have trouble differentiating between the melanin in your skin and ink. The technology uses heat to burn the pigment out of your skin. In addition, we have seen patients with raised scars as if they have been branded. Both of these condition are irreversible. Picosecond laser came out about 3 years ago. Every laser manufacturer has a different marketing hook to make you choose their laser. At the end of the day, it's about the technology and experience of the clinician. All PicoSecond lasers (like the Enlighten, PicoWay & PicoSure) fire 1000 times faster per second, using a pressure wave rather than heat to shear the ink molecules apart. The hype of extra wavelengths does not make that much of a difference. The 755 nm will get rid of most of the ink colors. For red and pink ink, you would need to make sure they have 532 nm. After using the PicoSure for almost 3 years, we have only seen pinpoint hypopigmentation in a very small number of patients usually of darker skin tones. We cannot say it is impossible to get burned with a Picosecond laser, but it is highly unlikely. We tell every PicoSure tattoo patient to expect at least 6 treatments, but don’t be surprised if it takes 10 to 12. Patience is the key for our patients. We typically see our tattoo removal patients every 8 to 12 weeks initially. If they have more time than money, we encourage them to come every 6 months as the tattoos seem to continue to fade while they wait.Treatment prices vary by market. The cost for picosecond treatments will be higher, but you should need less than half the treatments compared to a nanosecond laser. Best of luck.
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