Regret After my First Tattoo?? - Spain
Okay, so I had this tattoo done about a month ago....
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First of all, DO NOT listen to the people in the removal shop! After my first consultation at a removal shop I bawled my eyes out in the parking lot. The laser guy had told me how shitty the tattoo was and how it distracted from my pretty face. It really hurt me! But I have discovered after several more consultations that they are only being harsh because they want you to come spend your money at their laser removal shop. They can come up with bad things to say even about the best tattoos. What you should do is ask for what people HERE think of your tattoo, or people in your life.
And that leads me into my next topic, my opinion of your tattoo. I think it does look badass! I had no idea where it's from, but now that I know, that makes you so much cooler. I'm a gamer myself, so I can appreciate someone who appreciates videogames! And don't feel bad that it's from a game. I've seen plenty of Zelda and Mario tattoos!! I've even though of maybe a Zelda tattoo for myself since I've grown up playing Zelda.
Now I have a question though. Is that symbol still messed up? Can an artist manipulate what you have and turn it into what it should be? If the messed up symbol is really the underlying cause of your stress, I have seen red ink fade quite a bit. It's possible it could be faded and redone. But really, it's just one tiny symbol that I highly doubt anyone that even recognizes the symbol will notice.
Anyway, sorry for the long comment. Keep us updated. Message me if you seriously need to talk. I respond within 24 hours. :-)
Aw, thank you so much for your comment. I don't feel bad because it is from a game, and all the people around me thinks it is cool-looking. Now I am feeling better about it, and your comment sure helped me. I think it was just panic because they told me they could never erase it because of the colour (they told me to aspire to complete removal it would take from 15 to 20 sessions and weren't so sure about it :( !) . And although I like it, I started to question myself because it was also my first tattoo. And yes, since the symbol I have to fix is so tiny my tatto artist told me that he could erase it completely with a couple of sessions of "inking with water on top", basicly a kind of dermal abrassion but since it is so tiny (5mmx7mm) it wouldn't leave a noticeable scar. Thank you for your comment!!
No! What scared me is the impossibility of erase it in my whole life! XD thank you so much! For the moment I will keep it and try to stop concerning about it since it is nicely done and I can hide it easily.
Hey there oopwth, looks like your mini support group has taken off! Other comments have taken the words right out of my mouth, my first thought was "cool tattoo" I am not a gamer, so I would not notice anything out of place. Red ink can be removed, according to doctor Danny Soares "the best laser choice for red tattoo removal is the 532 nm q-switched Nd:YAG laser." [ Read more]
The PicoSure Boost also works on red and the PicoWay -- you have options. I find the one your tattoo artist talks about really interesting - are you going to try that?
Also, here are some examples of successful red ink removal: http://www.realself.com/review/decided-tattoo-removal-daddys-girl?sort=oldest
http://www.realself.com/review/phoenix-az-tattoo-removal-picosure-laser-skin
I'm so glad that you've found us! Keep us posted on your next steps.
Yes, I'm going to give it a try. Since the symbol is so small (5mmx7mm aprox) the saline inyection may make it unnoticeable. And about the ink, it is not exactly red, it is dark red, which I am not sure if I could do something about. (Or it is the same, I don't know). Thank you for your comment!
I think to darken red they add black ink, but you would need to ask your artist -- that's my guess and it's what I noticed when I watched my artist blend her ink.
No, he told me it was a previously made dark red bottle :( he didn't mix any colours
Almost gone!!
I Am Scared to Death
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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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?
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
Thanks for sharing your journey with us! :) I hope you're finding the community helpful and supportive.
Que bueno ver gente de mi tierra por aquí. Aquí tienes otra arrepentida más. Entiendo perfectamente como te sientes, la diferencia es que yo me arrepentí inmediatamente después y lo peor es que llevaba muuucho tiempo planeando este tatuaje, así que la parte positiva de todo esto es que he aprendido a que puedes cometer errores estúpidos en tu vida... todo tiene solución menos la muerte!
Si te sirve de algo mi opinión, ni conozco el video juego ni he jugado jamás a los videojuegos ni nada parecido osea que mi visión de tu tatuaje es puramente artística y a mi me gusta mucho!!!! :)
En el caso de que no logres ver el lado bueno de tu tatuaje siempre te quedará el laser. No va a ser barato, no va a ser rápido... pero harás que desaparezca! Yo empiezo en diciembre a quitármelo y aprovechare una visita a NY para darme el primer tatamiento con el ultimo laser de Cutera que combina el picosecond y el nanosecond ( todavía no está en España). Pasadas las 5 semanas de rigor comenzaré en España, en Madrid concretamente con la Ink Hunter Master que es tipo nanosecond que por lo que he visto da los mejores resultados en lineas definidas sin relleno como el tuyo... ese laser lo tienes en muchos sitios! mira también Picoway, lo tienen en dos clínicas en Barcelona y otra en Sevilla y por ultimo el Picosure que también lo tienen ya en bastantes lugares y funciona genial con el color. Ahora ahí es invierno y te lo vas a poder empezar a tratar, piensa que si empiezas en breves hasta verano probablemente ya puedas haberte dado 3 o cuatro tratamientos.
A parte de esto, decirte que intentes no obsesionarte... es lo peor! yo llevo meses buscando lasers y sitios como loca, casi como si de mi trabajo se tratara. También dejé de descansar y de comer, no quería salir de casa... HORRIBLE :( de verdad, piensa que todo tiene solución, pero lo más importante, piensa si verdaderamente te lo quieres eliminar.. es muy muy chulo!!
Besos, espero que toda este rollo te ayude un poco, yo cuando estoy triste entro aquí y leo post de gente que está igual que yo y me tranquiliza, jajajja no me siento tan estúpida.
Ay, muchas gracias!!! Si, si creo que este arrebato de locura va de la mano de que tuviera un símbolo mal y después de buscar tratamiento láser como una loca y que me dijeran que no tuviera muchas esperanzas porque el color era muy díficil de sacar me emparanollé muchísimo y ya me pregunté si había hecho bien haciendome el tatuaje en general. Y yo también pienso que es un tatuaje muy chulo, todos los de mi entorno (excepto mis padres) piensan que es genial y tal, de hecho me preguntan quién me lo ha hecho porque la línea es genial y no se ha expandido nada. Quiero mantenerlo por eso y aparte porque no sé si me merece la pena arriesgarme a tener un "fantasma rojo" en la espalda.
Yo hago lo mismo XD posteé mi caso a ver si alguien me decía "se te pasará y te volverá a gustar". Gracias por tu comentario y recomendaciones!! :) Ya me siento mejor con mi tatuaje, la verdad.