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Regret After my First Tattoo?? - Spain

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Oh well...

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oopswth2March 25, 2016
It has been about 4 months since I got the last "intervention" and now I am a bit upset since it became noticeable touching it. That means it became hypertrophic? I don't know. In the picture (as always) you can not notice anything but when I touch it the skin feels loose somehow.
I am seriously depressed about this. And I am not sure if it is going to heal ok after some more time.

What should I do? I can't tattoo on top of this now, and thank God I didn't when the artist offered two months ago.


And worst of all, not even the pinky tone vanish.

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Eva G
March 29, 2016

Hi there, try not to worry -- there are always options when it comes to scarring...I did some research in the case of potential hypertrophic scarring post laser, RealSelf  Doctor Ronald Shelton "silastic gel sheeting dressings, and Vbeam laser may help" in the case of post-treatment scarring. [ Read more] Speak to your doctor to see what your options are, it may just be more healing time, you never know. I had some raised areas that went down in time, the areas that remained raised was scarring from the actual tattoo — it annoyes me but it was out of my control. 

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oopswth2
April 1, 2016
Thank you for your comment! I went to the doctor and she prescribed me some cream which I should be okay with in a few weeks. :) Anyway she told me it looked fine (normal), just a bit irritated because of what the artist did.
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TrixieKins
February 18, 2018
What cream did she prescribed?
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Eva G
September 21, 2016

Thinking of you -- how are you making out with your removal? Would love to see some progress photos. 

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I Am Scared to Death

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oopswth2February 17, 2016

Hey again, realself. I used to post here as "oopswth" but sadly I forgot the email I used with that account. For those who don't know, basicly my tattooist did a small symbol in my tattoo wrong (The design I provided was right) whatever, he told me he could tattoo over the tattoo with saline solution and it would erase it. So yup, I said yes and stuff but now I am freaking out. All the ink isgone, but he left a scar behind. We had 4 interventions and the last one was brutal. I think he went deeper than he should to make it gone faster. Whatever, it has been 2 months and the scar won't lose its colour. It is still red and I would even say it is expanding? It is flat, though, but I am so concerned about this, how do you see it? I am supposed to tattoo on top the right symbol (which is ten in roman numbers). In case you were wondering, the symbol is around 8mm diameter?

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L.MC
February 15, 2016
Well, its been a month since I had the blue zapped on my tattoo, and the marks are still pink and very visible. I spoke to the technician, and they said that pink is good, its the skin healing, and it can take over 8 weeks to fade back to normal. I think plenty of water and healthy eating, and Bio Oil is good. Fingers X for you, but im sure it will be fine!
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oopswth2
February 15, 2016
Thank you!! :) I hope so
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mtenter
February 16, 2016
Scars take awhile to fade, I'd say maybe a year to fade, but I'm almost positive that it WILL fade over time. Maybe speed up the process with some sort of moisturizing substance? Or maybe some sort of scar fading substance? Also, drink lots of water.
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mtenter
February 16, 2016
Also-
It's really not that noticeable. I wasn't exactly sure at first what you were talking about. It's the small square red part right?
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oopswth2
February 16, 2016
Yes! It is a really low quality picture, that's why it can't be noticed that easily.
Yup, I talked to a friend yesterday and now I am feeling better about it (even optimistic!) Anyway, I am supposed to tattoo on top, so I guess it would be even more difficult to notice. Thank you for your kind words! :D
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Sharon at RealSelf
February 17, 2016

Thanks for sharing your journey with us! :) I hope you're finding the community helpful and supportive.

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Almost gone!!

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oopswth2November 30, 2015
Well, I ended up wanting to keep my whole tattoo but I still wanted to fix the small detail, so I went to my artist so he could do the saline thing and stuff. I read on the internet that the saline solution thing is a really rare practice, and there are few artists who can do it properly, and still, it wouldn't erase it, but only fade it (maybe dramatically.) I only had 2 sessions and it did wonders. In the picture you can appreciate the fading next to the other line of the tattoo. I think maybe one or two more sessions will absolutely erase it and I am so so so happy :) If you know someone who can use this technique properly, I would suggest you going to them, mostly if your tattoo is really small and it has difficult colors.

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Eva G
December 1, 2015

That's wonderful!

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