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Current state of tattoo covered with Dermablend and ideas for cover up
Attaching pictures of my attempt to see what the tattoo looks like with Dermablend coverup and then ideas of what I may attempt for a coverup. Ultimately, this whole experience has been a big fail. Tattoo was definitely lightened but at what expense.
8th treatment update
I decided to go in for another treatment last Thursday but it may potentially be my last one. I have followed up with another dermatologist (who does removal with another laser) a facility in another site of which I have sent pictures, and another dermatologist out of the state who has seen pictures. All of them have staged I will not receive "full" removal because of the scarring and hypopigmentation.
The redness has reduced, primarily driven by not using aquaphor/Vaseline and switching to Aveeno lotion and another product called Invicible Scars, which I highly recommend.
I met with a tattoo artist 3 weeks ago and he stated he could do a coverup at the current state, but wanted to wait at least 9 months to let the redness and scarring to subside. I'm 90% sold on the coverup as I research more and more, I will never get full removal.
The redness has reduced, primarily driven by not using aquaphor/Vaseline and switching to Aveeno lotion and another product called Invicible Scars, which I highly recommend.
I met with a tattoo artist 3 weeks ago and he stated he could do a coverup at the current state, but wanted to wait at least 9 months to let the redness and scarring to subside. I'm 90% sold on the coverup as I research more and more, I will never get full removal.
I went back to my doctor today for a follow up
I went back to my doctor today for a follow up and he said everything looks ok. There is scar tissue but that I'm doing a good job with scar massage. The thing that has bothered me the most with the whole thing right now is the redness. According to the doctor, it will eventually resolve but that it will take time. It's up to me if I want to hold off on treatments for another few months or continue with my next scheduled treatment in another few weeks. Ultimately, its up to me if I want to push this thing out for for another year and a half. I've already been at it for a year. It is still recommended that I wait 3 months in between treatments either way. Recommendation is to continue with scar massage daily. I guess I need to figure out what I want to do in the next 2 weeks. I'm trying to get a second opinion in that time frame.
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