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Fading, with Pico
UPDATED FROM Glorious6417
4 months post
About 2 weeks post tx-#4
WORTH IT
2 weeks is usually the benchmark for when the itching subsides. Some parts of the hyperpigmentation on my arm tattoo is gone, essentially blending in with my skin tone. A pimple/small bruise emerged on my arm tattoo, where it was pinpoint zapped. I'm going to leave it unbothered, and just wash it gently and hopefully it will subside.
UPDATED FROM Glorious6417
4 months post
1 week post-tx#4
Itching like crazy. The lasered parts are no longer raised. I take about two showers a day to help with the itching, usually at least once before bed so I'm not scratching into the night. Hoping for the best. Staying out of mirrors, keeping it out of sight and mind.
Watching the youtube "inked" channel where tattoo artists critique bad ink is somehow healing/relieving.
Watching the youtube "inked" channel where tattoo artists critique bad ink is somehow healing/relieving.
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UPDATED FROM Glorious6417
3 months post
tx #4 - finished with arm tattoo, onward with back tattoo
So just came home from my fourth treatment. Painful as usual, but manageable.
My technician told me my arm tattoo is finished—no more full treatments. Which is great.
We zapped only a few details and left the rest untouched for the hyperpigmentation to resolve itself on its own. If I look at my arm from a distance in the mirror you really can't see it anymore, only a faint outline. My back tattoo was done again of course. Still lots of ink, but there's breakage and definitely parts where skin is showing. We'll be leaving a three month gap between now and the next treatment to let the ink dissolve by itself. She'll check up whether my arm tattoo still needs a bit of pinpoint work, and we'll go forth again with the back tattoo to see how it has progressed during that timeframe.
She says it'll likely take 3-4 more on my back tattoo to get to the point where my arm is. Honestly any progress sounds good to me. And this entire process has just been me, reconciling with my own level of patience and my ability to continuously self-care.
The afterburn has kind of simmered into a soothing icy-hot numbing sensation. The most frustrating is the itch. All in all, not too bad. Bless you laser technology.
xx
My technician told me my arm tattoo is finished—no more full treatments. Which is great.
We zapped only a few details and left the rest untouched for the hyperpigmentation to resolve itself on its own. If I look at my arm from a distance in the mirror you really can't see it anymore, only a faint outline. My back tattoo was done again of course. Still lots of ink, but there's breakage and definitely parts where skin is showing. We'll be leaving a three month gap between now and the next treatment to let the ink dissolve by itself. She'll check up whether my arm tattoo still needs a bit of pinpoint work, and we'll go forth again with the back tattoo to see how it has progressed during that timeframe.
She says it'll likely take 3-4 more on my back tattoo to get to the point where my arm is. Honestly any progress sounds good to me. And this entire process has just been me, reconciling with my own level of patience and my ability to continuously self-care.
The afterburn has kind of simmered into a soothing icy-hot numbing sensation. The most frustrating is the itch. All in all, not too bad. Bless you laser technology.
xx
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