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Black Ink Sleeve Text Tattoo Removal Picoway
UPDATED FROM ifmanisfivethen
3 months post
1 week Post 3rd treatment for top half
$4,300
Just an update. Pretty considerable breakup occuring everywhere and lots of Browning. The 'donut effect' is fully visible, where the ink kind of disappears in little dots. It's still very strange to me how it's fading but it certainly is working.. They upped the power on the laser this time (to 1 maybe?). I'm also no longer using the numbing cream. For me it's not worth the hassle, but it's t does hurt like hell.. after the third treatment next month on the under side, the remainder of the treatments will be on the whole piece at once, split up every 8 weeks. I've posted a few pictures so you can view the progress.
UPDATED FROM ifmanisfivethen
3 months post
Post 4x (2x for underside/monkey)
Didn't do the numbing cream this time to see what it's like. It hurt enough where I couldn't carry on conversation with the technician. I think the numbing cream probably takes 15-20% off of the removal, so if you aren't good with pain then certainly use it..
This post is mainly to display the swelling and some progress on these pieces since the last post. At this point I'm about 20% through their expected sessions to 'complete removal'.
This post is mainly to display the swelling and some progress on these pieces since the last post. At this point I'm about 20% through their expected sessions to 'complete removal'.
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UPDATED FROM ifmanisfivethen
2 months post
2 weeks post 2x on upper half
Seeing some break up in nee places. Again, small changes but changes nonetheless. Go in for the second treatment on the under half in a couple weeks. Here are some up close pics of fading. The text on the wrist where it was very shallow is turning light brown in some spots and breaking up in a weird way. The tech suggested a theory about how ink breaks up; larger portions of ink (like a large black square) will start to 'erase little holes' from the outside in, while smaller portions will do the opposite. It looks like that is what's kind of going on, but whatever it's working.
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Nice fading for two treatments, thanks for the update
Actually, now that I’m looking at this again, that section on your wrist has really faded considering how dark it is. Almost completely gone in that one little area. Were those lines done with a shading needle or something? Thinking about how my tattoo is just lines and wondering if I could have the same fading.
The text on the wrist was all done with a shading needle, yes. But he turned it long ways and kind of edged with it to make lines (i was not happy with it tbh). I'm pretty certain the quick results in that area are due to it not being as deep as others, so you are right - I'd expect one's done with a standard needle (like the text on my arm) to not have the drastic effects. Needless to say, every area is responding. The text on the inside of my arm was done abut 10 years ago with a standard needle, and was done so deeply there is scar tissue that I'll have to deal with once the ink is gone - and it's already starting to fade.
Got a question.. as you went through the succeeding treatments.. laser intensity increase..
Did the blistering, swelling and pain post treatment increased or decreased? Getting scared for my next treatment...
Did the blistering, swelling and pain post treatment increased or decreased? Getting scared for my next treatment...
I've had no blisters. Only a few very small pimple like spots. Im having little adverse reaction other than sensitivity to heat and light.
Swelling only lasting a couple days. Haven't got a good handle on it yet since I'm splitting my removals up in halves.
Thanks! I might just split my session in half next time.. how long do you wait between each half? And in between sessions for the same spot?
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