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Not Finishing
Thank you all for your support! Ive decided not to finish the tattoo and will most likely be pursuing removal in the fall once it is fully healed and after my move back down to NYC.
Having a really hard time
The last week since getting my bad coverup has been really difficult. I've barely been able to eat, only enough to keep myself going. I can barely get myself to go to work and maintain myself.
I'm trying not to let a bunch of lines on my arm define me, but I'm also still just in shock. So many of your stories on here give me hope that things will get better, and I want to try and keep myself busy too. Being where I am, I am very isolated from my friends and family, my support system. I was already recovering from a bad breakup and I can't help but feel like this set me back; however, at the same times it also kind of trivializes the parts of my life I was stressing about in comparison.
My gut still tells me that complete laser removal is the way to go. But I will give myself time and many an in-person consultation plus (even more) copious amounts of research to confidently make that decision, me not as a reaction.
Thanks guys.
I'm trying not to let a bunch of lines on my arm define me, but I'm also still just in shock. So many of your stories on here give me hope that things will get better, and I want to try and keep myself busy too. Being where I am, I am very isolated from my friends and family, my support system. I was already recovering from a bad breakup and I can't help but feel like this set me back; however, at the same times it also kind of trivializes the parts of my life I was stressing about in comparison.
My gut still tells me that complete laser removal is the way to go. But I will give myself time and many an in-person consultation plus (even more) copious amounts of research to confidently make that decision, me not as a reaction.
Thanks guys.
26 years old, unfinished cover up tattoo. Considering removal rather than finishing.
Just got this tattoo cover up the other day. Wanted to cover up these Hebrew letters. Couldn't sleep the day I got it and stopped eating. After a session with my therapist and copious amounts of research on tat removal, I'm stuck between finishing it, and pursuing removal after healing. I've heard conflicting info about removal just after healing; on the phone, one place (with picoway) said its best to do it ASAP, but another place (only q-switched) said the older the ink the better.
I know time is an important aspect here, but is it worth having an unfinished cover up for a long time knowing I will laser eventually, or should I finish it and try to love it while saving up as much as I can in the event I want it off? FYI the tree is staying, it's just the letters/rocks and waterfall I want removed.
I'm lucky that most of the tat is black and blue, but there is some white shading on the rocks and the water, which I've read could be a problem.
What do you guys think? Is it worth finishing in case I can grow to love it? I know it'll look better finished no matter what, but finishing it means adding more blue and white, which supposedly aren't as laser-friendly.
I know time is an important aspect here, but is it worth having an unfinished cover up for a long time knowing I will laser eventually, or should I finish it and try to love it while saving up as much as I can in the event I want it off? FYI the tree is staying, it's just the letters/rocks and waterfall I want removed.
I'm lucky that most of the tat is black and blue, but there is some white shading on the rocks and the water, which I've read could be a problem.
What do you guys think? Is it worth finishing in case I can grow to love it? I know it'll look better finished no matter what, but finishing it means adding more blue and white, which supposedly aren't as laser-friendly.