Successful Tattoo Removal of a Large Chest Piece and a Shoulder Tattoo Using Picosure Laser

I've been contemplating a laser tattoo removal for my huge , obnoxious chest piece for some time now so when the picosure became available, I decided to give it a try. I got this tattoo at 18 and added the spiderweb along w cherry blossoms at 19. Needless to say, 8 years later I fell out of love with it and am sick and tired of looking at it in the mirror everyday. The end result along w the artwork honestly never satisfied my expectations but I had to live with it.

Now I am praying to get this entirely off. The first tx was uneasy due to the pain. It's been years since I got tatted so my pain threshold was on the lower end. I won't lie, it's quite painful but manageable. It was rough for me due to placement but I bet people with better placed ink will probably think the laser treatment is a walk in the park.

The area was red, swollen and raised immediately after the first tx. I kept the dressing on for 10 hrs and maintained the area by keeping it clean and applying aquaphor ointment. The redness went down the same day and I was quite disappointed not to see better results. I see other pp have had bad oozing blisters and I had none of that. The setting was on 5.0 Hz, 2.83 J/cm2 and 3.0 mm. For paying loads of cash I really expected better results. I'm getting a little depressed about the results, hopefully the fading will take place throughout the next 4 weeks.

Day 2 and three showed some dissemination of the green and black ink on the cherry blossoms as well as the shaded area on the spiderweb and teeny weeny bit of the shading on the letters came off, but maybe I'm just becoming obsessive and seeing things at this point lol.
The biggest let down is the fact that the lettering looks brand spanking new, as if i just got the tattoo few days ago :^(((((

My chest is still sore and a lil painful 3 days after the procedure, but it doesn't stop me from having a good night's sleep, even while I'm on my belly. (Yay!!! Beauty sleep lol)

I am going for second tx by the end of Sept and will ask the doc to crank it up high bc I can't afford tens of treatments!!! The only reason why I jumped on the picosure train is bc the docs have been selling it as a god send for black ink and colors with 3 treatments delivering clear skin and my chest piece looks untouched after the first, expensive treatment :{
Im so glad to have found realself.com, its such a great, positive and empowering community. Hopefully I can help others that are going through, or planning to go through this ordeal. Any comments and advice are welcome! !!
Xoxox

So far I see the smallest flower breaking apart and fading away thanks to my skin doing all the work of expelling the ink from my body. Yay! Now hopefully the rest of the tattoo will follow in its footsteps. Haven't changed my diet or lifestyle, but keep in mind I workout weekly and drink green tea like a maniac on daily basis.

The spiderweb shows significant amount of shading that got blasted by the laser, but it's not consistent throughout. That leaves some parts untouched, while other parts show fading and especially some web lines that are breaking up nicely in specific areas.

The density and depth of the black ink in the script piece is the most worrysome for me. The inside of the letters which was diff shades of gray did disappear for most part. The thickness of the outline script stayed pretty much the same for now. Will have to wait patiently until I see more fading in the upcoming months so when its time to crank up the pico, my doc can hopefully blast more ink away with better results ;^) pew pew pew *puts the laser in a holster* lol

It def hurt more and the doc went over the red with revlite laser. She increased the pico setting to 3.20 J/cm.
I cried on my way home. It sucked.
My skin does not blister thank god. It's sore and red for a day or two and then goes back to looking entirely normal.
The doc only goes over it once tho, and its minimally working. Do u guys have ur docs go over the tattoo twice in one session?