I've Made an Huge Mistake 4 Years Ago, Now I'm Trying to Fix It! - Italy, IT

Hi guys, It's been a long time!
During this year and a half I continued treating my tattoo, but after 2 sessions I changed doctor, since the first one wasn't so nice with me (shady informations.. his nurse was very rude and said my tattoo is horrible.. well, thanks, I'm removing it..). My new doctor is also nearer to my hometown, so I'm very happy for the change.
I post you some pictures of the progress, I still don't know how to feel about it because yes, it's really lighter if I directly confront it with the "before" picture, but I've done 8 treatments and I thought it would be better. Most of the tattoo is brown/light brown right now, but it's fading really slowly.

Healing takes sooo long for me, maybe because it's summer, maybe because of the position.. I've been wearing a special sock to help circulation in the second and third week after the treatment, following my doctor's advice.
I'd like to wear it right after my next treatment and for a longer amount of days to see if it will speed up my healing.
I've seen wonderful results after only one treatment, lot of "cat's hair" (LOL) have turned brown, and seem lighter every day (I'm crossing my fingers so hard!). I've got some still some "shiny" spots where the blister was, but it seem to be dead skin.. you know, like when you get burned by the sun and then the dead skin slowly fall down.. sorry but I don't know if there is a word in english to describe properly this process!

I will post pictures when the cat is healed, my next tx is Sept. 5th.. can't wait!