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Update long overdue!
Hey guys! I haven't posted an update for almost two years, so I thought I'd post an update on my tattoo removal journey, which I consider to have ended =) (Well for this tattoo at least, I'm planning to remove another one which I'll talk about below).
So after my last post in October 2016, which was when I had my 10th picosure treatment, I then had a further two treatments in March 2017 and August 2017. And that was it, I haven't had anymore treatments since.
I've posted pics of my tattoos of how they look today (Sept 2018).
I would say I'm quite happy with the results. As you can see I have some hypopigmentation (loss of skin color) where my tattoo was lasered. The clinic which I went to offered sessions to treat this (for a price of course). Anyway personally I'm not too bothered about it. Most people don't even notice this unless they look really close, and even then, it doesn't really bother me - I feel more confident than having the bold black ink across my skin. So most days I forget I even had a tattoo on my arm. I never mentioned this before - but as I work in healthcare I am pretty much bare below the elbows all the time - I now feel much more confident in myself and I would say the picosure treatment was totally worth it.
Just a quick note regarding healing - I did not blister, it was sore for the first two days and a bit swollen but nothing unbareable (no painkillers needed during or after treatment). I just used normal cream on it for a week. I had red and black ink - I'm not exactly sure what the technician did but for each colour she switched the voltage? of the laser.
I would say there are still tiny, very tiny, bit of ink left in some places, but honestly its so faded that you can hardly notice it unless you look very close. And TBH I'm not a perfectionist, and I knew before starting treatment that my skin will not go back to pre-tattoo condition.
Although I consider the removal of this particular tattoo to be over, unfortunately I still have 1 more tattoo which I regret and plan to remove soon. This tattoo is much larger (and therefore will be much more costlier *sighs*) but I should definitely be doing a new review on it. It's quite fun looking back on my posts now, 4 years later, with a big smile, because it was totally worth it :)
So after my last post in October 2016, which was when I had my 10th picosure treatment, I then had a further two treatments in March 2017 and August 2017. And that was it, I haven't had anymore treatments since.
I've posted pics of my tattoos of how they look today (Sept 2018).
I would say I'm quite happy with the results. As you can see I have some hypopigmentation (loss of skin color) where my tattoo was lasered. The clinic which I went to offered sessions to treat this (for a price of course). Anyway personally I'm not too bothered about it. Most people don't even notice this unless they look really close, and even then, it doesn't really bother me - I feel more confident than having the bold black ink across my skin. So most days I forget I even had a tattoo on my arm. I never mentioned this before - but as I work in healthcare I am pretty much bare below the elbows all the time - I now feel much more confident in myself and I would say the picosure treatment was totally worth it.
Just a quick note regarding healing - I did not blister, it was sore for the first two days and a bit swollen but nothing unbareable (no painkillers needed during or after treatment). I just used normal cream on it for a week. I had red and black ink - I'm not exactly sure what the technician did but for each colour she switched the voltage? of the laser.
I would say there are still tiny, very tiny, bit of ink left in some places, but honestly its so faded that you can hardly notice it unless you look very close. And TBH I'm not a perfectionist, and I knew before starting treatment that my skin will not go back to pre-tattoo condition.
Although I consider the removal of this particular tattoo to be over, unfortunately I still have 1 more tattoo which I regret and plan to remove soon. This tattoo is much larger (and therefore will be much more costlier *sighs*) but I should definitely be doing a new review on it. It's quite fun looking back on my posts now, 4 years later, with a big smile, because it was totally worth it :)
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