Laser Tattoo Removal

This photo was taken before my third laser treatment session today. You can see the tattoo has faded significantly. It hit more than I remember but I didn’t take any pain medication prior to the appointment this time. $700 for this treatment. I’m excited to see how the third treatment results turn out. I read somewhere that your body is still expelling ink for up to six months after a session of laser treatment so I will probably update around that time or before my fourth session. Fingers crossed that I only have about two more sessions. My first time they said approximately ten but I’m responding really well and I’m feeling optimistic.

I’m over two weeks out now and my skin is mostly healed, still some residual itching from dryness and a little flaking but overall I can see that certain parts of the tattoo are almost completely gone already. The color is almost completely gone with just a bit of orange and pink left. The second hydrocolloid bandage I only wore for three days before taking it off. Seems like that was the move vs leaving it for a full week. The blistered skin was flat and coming off from peeling the bandage away or in the shower at that point so it was time to let it dry up.

I used a hydrocolloid bandage for the week after treatment and it was a game changer. They’re not cheep, but after some research I realized they’re designed to be left on for up to a week, so you’re not spending much more than you would be on repeatedly changing gauze. I have another one on right now to keep me from scratching the tattoo because the itching is torture. I’ll leave it on this week and probably be healed by the time I take it off. Can’t wait to see the full results of this treatment!
It’s already more faded that the immediate results from my first treatment but it takes time for your immune system to expel the ink particles so I know it will be like 8 to 12 weeks before I can really start to tell.
Also apparently your immune system keeps attacking it for up to a year! So I’m kind of glad I’m not doing my treatments back to back. I think it gives my body more time to recover and fully benefit from each treatment.
I’ll post some pictures again once it’s healed.