I never thought i’d Get a tattoo.The tattoo artist talked me into getting it on top of my foot where I wanted it on the inside. It’s also way bigger than what I wanted. I just had my second enlighten treatment on my foot. The technician who is doing my treatment stated she had hoped to see more movement with the first treatment. I’m feeling discouraged. I know tattoo removal depends on the person and the tattoo, but I’m Curious how many on average it takes with enlighten on an extremity??
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Hello! Thanks for your question and photos. It appears as though you are hoping to remove or lighten tattooing over your eyebrows -- a popular permanent makeup technique. Unfortunately the darkening effect you see in your test spot is a common occurrence with makeup tattoos. Many of the inks...
I tell my patients that it is very normal to experience redness, swelling, oozing and even some blistering for 5-7 days after Enlighten tattoo removal. Therefore, it sounds as though what you are going through is normal. You are doing the right thing by using Aquaphor and keeping the area c...
For black ink tattoos, I use the 1064 wavelength, 2 ns and generally start with 1.7 joules with a 5 mm spot size. They can increase the joules by 0.1 or 0.2 for the next treatment session depending on the skin reaction. When the tattoo starts lightening up (and it will),...
