Diary of my Tattoo Removal in London, England

Apologies for not having updated in a while but to be honest there hasn't been much to report.

I had my third treatment a couple of weeks ago. The attached pictures were taken shortly afterwards. In terms of results it's a little disappointing at this stage. I can see some fading of the black ink in parts. The red ink does have a tendency to blister and scab after treatment which means it's painful for 7-10 days afterwards. I can see some very minor fading in bits of the red and green but I must admit after such painful treatment I was hoping for more visible results by now.

Obviously I knew it was going to be a very lengthy procedure to remove such a large tattoo but I can't help feeling a little disheartened now seeing that it will take what seems like forever.

It's 24 hours after my second laser tattoo session, only this time she focussed on the colours. Using the numbing cream definitely helps. It felt a lot less traumatic than my first experience. Although of course it still wasn't nice. The pain treating colours is different from treating black ink. The laser for black is a more sharp pain, where the laser for red ink felt like more of a burning pain (at least that's how it felt for this second session). I've attached a couple of pics. They show where the red ink has been treated has created a blotchy/dotted effect.

My second treatment has been split in to two so the colour and the black can be treated separately. I had the black treated about 30 mins ago (see pic). Before treatment today I applied a lot of Dr Numb cream and wrapped myself in clin film for two hours before the treatment. Admittedly it still really hurt (as soon as that first blot of laser hit me I immediately remembered how horrible it was last time) but it was a bit less intense for having used the numbing cream. I had the black treated today and will have the colour treated in two days time. The woman doing the laser today said next time I need to leave more than two days between treating black and colour otherwise I run the risk of damaging my skin and leaving scaring.

I forgot to take a picture before my second session today but if I'm honest I don't think it looked any different 8 weeks after having had my first laser session than it did before I'd had it treated. I've taken a pic straight after my session today and you can see that it's red and the pores look very open where the black ink has been treated. I'll update soon if anything to report.