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Laser Tattoo...black and Grey... Lower Back - Boston, MA
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The tattoo is on my lower back. Its a cover up of...
sp12345April 30, 2013
$1,500
The tattoo is on my lower back. Its a cover up of an small old back tattoo that I got about 10-12 years ago. My new tattoo was done march 27. Its all black thinly outlined stars with grey shading. I am worried because the tattoo place I went to uses mostly polymer based inks and I heard those were harder to remove. Is it possible to remove these types of inks with laser or am I just wasting my time and money. Also the dermatologist I am going to see has a picosure laser. Anyone have experience with it? Does it really lessen the amount of treatments?
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May 10, 2013
Where in boston are you going too.
May 15, 2013
Are they expensive and i have 6 tattos on my right forarm that makes a half sleeve if u can.its all black ink look into it let me know a price range? They want 225 for a consultation i dont want to spend that then not want it done to the expense charged.
June 28, 2013
I had two consultations from different doctors and neither asked for a consultation fee.
UPDATED FROM sp12345
1 month post
skin still pink... picosure
sp12345June 28, 2013
I go for my 3rd treatment july 11th. Where the shading WAS (removed from the first treatment) is still pink. I'm getting kind of worried because I read that it may scar. I called the dr. Office n they said it was normal and will go away in time. Its been 8 weeks and still pink. Not raised , just pink. I would go just to have them look at it but its 1.5 hr drive. My skin is very sensitive and turns pink by me just touching it so I'm hoping I just have prolong healing. I finally added a photo. The stars were all filled in with black shading they covered a name which u can see now. Its hard to see but a lot of the outlines are gone in some spots.
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June 28, 2013
Did you do your first treatment at the beginning of May? I'm just curious because it seems then like you've spaced the treatments about a month apart? The first doc I saw for consultation said he recommended waiting at least 2-3 months, and more if possible, to get the most out of each treatment and to reduce the chances for permanent scarring. The doc I actually did the treatment with (because he had the pico sure) said come back in 4 weeks. Not sure if it's different with the Picosure, but I'm planning to wait 3 months to see. Right now, when I look closely at my tattoos, I can see a hazy area surrounding the whole thing that's lighlt shaded black - I am assuming from my body absorbing the ink. I thought it was my mind playing tricks, but someone else noticed when I showed them. Drinking LOTS of water!
June 28, 2013
Apparently with the pico you only have to wait 4 weeks. I'm waiting 6 this time due to finances and letting my skin calm down.
June 28, 2013
They only had to go over the shading with one treatment and it was all gone. My second treatment, the skin where the shading was wasn't treated
July 8, 2013
Has the pinkness subsided yet?I'm going to start picosure removal after summer.has anymore of the black ink.broken up yet?thankyou for the info
July 8, 2013
Yea it has a little. Its going to take awhile I guess and a lot of the black ink has broken up. There's spots where it is totally gone and I've only had two treatments.
Welcome to the community!
I am also in the same situation wanting to remove a lovely blue fish from my ankle! This new laser helps break up the toughest colored inks! There is hope for us.
I will be anxious to hear back from you. We can compare notes as we go through this process. Keep me updated.
I think that was a smart choice to wait an extra week. No rush here so make sure you are healing properly.