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Big Regret. Full Removal of Two Large Thigh Pieces
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Hi everyone! I'm new to this site, so I really...
aab17April 17, 2017
Hi everyone!
I'm new to this site, so I really just want to talk with some people, who are in the same boat as me.
It all started with me just having the outlines of two large tattoos on my thighs, and I quite liked them that way. They were big, but they were simple. I have never been a tattoo girl, but I was young, and I wanted to stand out so I had them done. Everywhere I went; in school and at work, people would always tell my that they would never have expected me to be "that type", but I didn't care that much, I liked them.
3 months ago I decided to have something redone on one of them and I chose a skilled tattoo shop here in my country. The tattoo artist thought they were really cool and asked if I had considered putting some shadow in them as they would seem more complete with some filling in them. First I wasn't sure, but he assured me they would look soo much cooler, so I thought "Why not?". Big mistake. After 5 hours I went home and I got really sad; what had I done? I didn't want them filled out, I just wanted the small thing fixed and now I had two VERY large tattoos - they were large from the beginning, but it suddenly became even clearer now they were filled out.
I cried. I'm not gonna lie. I thought about how dissapointed my parents would be. My mom knew I had the roses on my right thigh done when they were only lines and she was really dissapointed, so I never told her about the other one and now I had two very large, very dark tattoos - one on each thigh. It's stupid because I'm 24 years old and I live in another city 2 hours away from my parents and frankly I'm old enough to make my own decisions...well...at least I thought....
I now keep thinking about the tattoos, and I get kind of sad everytime I take my pants off and gets confronted with them.
4 weeks ago I decided to consult another artist to see if she could add some white ink in one of the tattoos to make it seem lighter. BIG mistake again. I didn't want to go back to the first one, because I was afraid to confront him, so I went on to a new one. They were very nice in the new place and told me they could easily fix it. When I got there 1 week later for my appointment, there was a dog in the tattoo shop. I thought it was really weird having an animal a place that was supposed to be steril, but I sat down and let them tattoo me anyways. I wish I would have taken that as a red flag and just walked away, but I didn't. The white didn't help at all and it was quite expensive... I think our expectations didn't match, because I couldn't see much of a difference and the artist told me that "obviously you can't put white ink on black ink", so she was only able to put small parts of white ink on my skin that wasn't already tattood. I got home even more sad than before. I'm totally aware that this is my own fault, I don't blame any of the tattoo artist for doing their jobs. I take full responsibility and only wish that I would have thought it through before rushing in to anything.
So now I have decided to get laser treatment.
It's gonna be a loooong, very expensive journey, but I can't live the rest of my life in long pants or feeling sad about my thighs everytime I see them. Fortunately my tattoos are not in colours, the bad thing is I got the white ink added, but the specialist told me he would try to avoid it. Beacuse my tattoos are sooo large, the treatments have to be separated . First I'm gonna have the bottom part of both tattoos lasered and two weeks later i'll get the top part.
I will let you follow me on this journey to hopefully.....in a 3 years or so....no tattoos at all.
I will post pictures when I feel I'm ready, but right now I think it is a bit too soon.
I hope you understand and thanks for reading my story.
I'll keep you updated, my first laser appointment is in one week from now.
P.S. I'm sorry about my english. :)
I'm new to this site, so I really just want to talk with some people, who are in the same boat as me.
It all started with me just having the outlines of two large tattoos on my thighs, and I quite liked them that way. They were big, but they were simple. I have never been a tattoo girl, but I was young, and I wanted to stand out so I had them done. Everywhere I went; in school and at work, people would always tell my that they would never have expected me to be "that type", but I didn't care that much, I liked them.
3 months ago I decided to have something redone on one of them and I chose a skilled tattoo shop here in my country. The tattoo artist thought they were really cool and asked if I had considered putting some shadow in them as they would seem more complete with some filling in them. First I wasn't sure, but he assured me they would look soo much cooler, so I thought "Why not?". Big mistake. After 5 hours I went home and I got really sad; what had I done? I didn't want them filled out, I just wanted the small thing fixed and now I had two VERY large tattoos - they were large from the beginning, but it suddenly became even clearer now they were filled out.
I cried. I'm not gonna lie. I thought about how dissapointed my parents would be. My mom knew I had the roses on my right thigh done when they were only lines and she was really dissapointed, so I never told her about the other one and now I had two very large, very dark tattoos - one on each thigh. It's stupid because I'm 24 years old and I live in another city 2 hours away from my parents and frankly I'm old enough to make my own decisions...well...at least I thought....
I now keep thinking about the tattoos, and I get kind of sad everytime I take my pants off and gets confronted with them.
4 weeks ago I decided to consult another artist to see if she could add some white ink in one of the tattoos to make it seem lighter. BIG mistake again. I didn't want to go back to the first one, because I was afraid to confront him, so I went on to a new one. They were very nice in the new place and told me they could easily fix it. When I got there 1 week later for my appointment, there was a dog in the tattoo shop. I thought it was really weird having an animal a place that was supposed to be steril, but I sat down and let them tattoo me anyways. I wish I would have taken that as a red flag and just walked away, but I didn't. The white didn't help at all and it was quite expensive... I think our expectations didn't match, because I couldn't see much of a difference and the artist told me that "obviously you can't put white ink on black ink", so she was only able to put small parts of white ink on my skin that wasn't already tattood. I got home even more sad than before. I'm totally aware that this is my own fault, I don't blame any of the tattoo artist for doing their jobs. I take full responsibility and only wish that I would have thought it through before rushing in to anything.
So now I have decided to get laser treatment.
It's gonna be a loooong, very expensive journey, but I can't live the rest of my life in long pants or feeling sad about my thighs everytime I see them. Fortunately my tattoos are not in colours, the bad thing is I got the white ink added, but the specialist told me he would try to avoid it. Beacuse my tattoos are sooo large, the treatments have to be separated . First I'm gonna have the bottom part of both tattoos lasered and two weeks later i'll get the top part.
I will let you follow me on this journey to hopefully.....in a 3 years or so....no tattoos at all.
I will post pictures when I feel I'm ready, but right now I think it is a bit too soon.
I hope you understand and thanks for reading my story.
I'll keep you updated, my first laser appointment is in one week from now.
P.S. I'm sorry about my english. :)
UPDATED FROM aab17
One of my tattoos
aab17April 21, 2017
So this is one of the two tattoos I want removed. As you can see, it is quite big. I keep thinking about other people and what they might think, that's why I haven't told people around me that I want it removed. My boyfriend and two very good friends know.... I look very much forward to monday for the first treatment. The bottom half will be done first and two weeks later the upper part. As the laser specialist said 'It's gonna take time, but it will be worth it in the end.' So I'm keeping my head up and try to live my life the fullest and only look at this as a small period of time in my whole life... and I will try to not let these tattoos get to me. 3 years in tattoo removal stage vs 60+ of living life tattoo free after.
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April 21, 2017
I think your tattoo is very beautiful but I get it as I'm going through removal on a large thigh piece with color! Your fortunate yours is isnt. What laser do you plan on using?
April 23, 2017
Hey! Thank you, I also think yours is pretty, but I'm glad you understand :)
I am planning on using Q-switch I've done some research and found out that's the one with the best effect on black ink. :) ....I hope. I can't remember the exact name on the laser but I will write it tomorrow after having it done.
I am planning on using Q-switch I've done some research and found out that's the one with the best effect on black ink. :) ....I hope. I can't remember the exact name on the laser but I will write it tomorrow after having it done.
April 22, 2017
It's actually really well done. In all honesty, I would just leave it. I guess it means sacrificing going swimming and wearing short shorts around your parents, but it looks cute and girly. If it was on me I would leave it there, I wish I like your tattoo as much as mine ):
April 23, 2017
Hey! Thank you and also I think yours is very well done and very pretty. Sometimes I see pictures on this page and think 'Wooow, that's really nice. Why would you get that removed?' But I think it's not always about the quality.
I have a tattoo the same size on the other leg, maybe if I only had one of them I wouldnt think it would look that much of at big deal and after getting them filled I can't really relate to them anymore. I think I would think they were very pretty aswell if I saw someone else having them....but on me it's just wrong.
I have no thighs left. They basically both go from my hip to right above my knee so I feel kind of hindered by them in another way than before when they were just lines. I hope the laser treatment can make me feel better and maybe if I think they look better faded I might keep them- who knows :) but you shouldnt feel bad about your tattoo I think it's really pretty.
I have a tattoo the same size on the other leg, maybe if I only had one of them I wouldnt think it would look that much of at big deal and after getting them filled I can't really relate to them anymore. I think I would think they were very pretty aswell if I saw someone else having them....but on me it's just wrong.
I have no thighs left. They basically both go from my hip to right above my knee so I feel kind of hindered by them in another way than before when they were just lines. I hope the laser treatment can make me feel better and maybe if I think they look better faded I might keep them- who knows :) but you shouldnt feel bad about your tattoo I think it's really pretty.
May 20, 2017
Did you go for the laser treatments? Do you have any updates?
May 20, 2017
I did! Sorry for not posting.... I have been to both laser treatments now (so upper and lower). I CAN see a difference, specially in some of the dotwork, but not so much as I was hoping for.... It is itching sooooo bad at the moment and scapping ALOT. I'm already thinking this is going to be a looooong journey with all that itching with me only beeing in round 1 haha what about you? I just read your updates
May 20, 2017
I hope with the next couple weeks the itching goes away and you start to see more fading. I've heard/seen waiting longer in between treatments is best for your skin and results unfortunately that just adds to this already long journey.
I haven't gone for full treatment yet since my tattoo is on my arm and summer is here I would hate to be in long sleeves in 100 degree weather but I'm planning on starting in late August early September. The test spot I had done a month ago shows good ink clearance but has left some hyper pigmentation which I hope resolves. I know this is going to be a long journey but I'm still having trouble wrapping my head around the whole thing with the anxiety I'm having I wished this was an easier and faster process.
May 20, 2017
Yes, I hope so aswell. I'm just happy both parts of the two tattoos have been treated now so I don't have to walk around with one "brown" part and one grey part. I did that for two weeks and it looked so stupid. It's funny because I showed a picture of one of my thighs to my friend and she was like "Woooow, I can really see it has faded alot. So when are you going to get the lower part treated?" ....it was the lower part that had been treated haha. But I understand her, it's almost like the treated area has become darker and more brown.
Good idea! It is a good idea to wait until after the summer, I'm going for my next appointment some time in august again.
I've read that the hyper pigmentation will go away after some time, so I wouldn't worry that much, but I know the feeling. I keep looking at my tattoos ALL the time. My laser specialist told me to stop looking at them and then take a look after 3 weeks again haha. I recently saw that parts of the tattoo had small, red dots on them, as if blood was trapped under the skin or something, but it went away after some days, so sometimes the skin just do weird stuff because of the trauma.
- I know the feeling with anxiety, sometimes I hate looking at myself in the mirror and I hate that the weather is getting warmer now, which makes it harder to go around in long pants and leggings. It's one thing looking at peoples journeys in pictures on here, it looks so easy "After treatment 1, after treatment 2 and so on", but you can't really see all the things going on behind the pictures...all the thoughts and feelings. I have spend a lot of time thinking about how stupid I was to get two big tattoos just right on the front of the thighs, identical size and all, but I can't go back in a time machine...obviously and I guess that means they won't discover time machines in the next 70 years either or else I wouldn't be in laser treatments now haha. But knowing I have started this journey and sometime in the future they will go away has already helped me a lot :)
Good idea! It is a good idea to wait until after the summer, I'm going for my next appointment some time in august again.
I've read that the hyper pigmentation will go away after some time, so I wouldn't worry that much, but I know the feeling. I keep looking at my tattoos ALL the time. My laser specialist told me to stop looking at them and then take a look after 3 weeks again haha. I recently saw that parts of the tattoo had small, red dots on them, as if blood was trapped under the skin or something, but it went away after some days, so sometimes the skin just do weird stuff because of the trauma.
- I know the feeling with anxiety, sometimes I hate looking at myself in the mirror and I hate that the weather is getting warmer now, which makes it harder to go around in long pants and leggings. It's one thing looking at peoples journeys in pictures on here, it looks so easy "After treatment 1, after treatment 2 and so on", but you can't really see all the things going on behind the pictures...all the thoughts and feelings. I have spend a lot of time thinking about how stupid I was to get two big tattoos just right on the front of the thighs, identical size and all, but I can't go back in a time machine...obviously and I guess that means they won't discover time machines in the next 70 years either or else I wouldn't be in laser treatments now haha. But knowing I have started this journey and sometime in the future they will go away has already helped me a lot :)
May 20, 2017
Lol that's funny but I hope the darkness goes away soon. Yes although I haven't had a full treatment I keep looking at that test spot all the time.. sometimes I try and keep it out of my mind but the only way I can try to do that is wear long sleeves the weather is still a little fresh but it's definitely getting hotter with the weeks going by and I will not be able to hide it very much. We'll be almost at the same place in our journey when I start!
-It's definitely easy to look through these reviews like u said but the time in between is definitely unaccounted for and the feelings in between are not easily understood. I wished the time machine existed!! Lol yes I agree keeping the eye on the prize is definitely motivation. Keep updating and if you would like to talk personally you can always send me a message :) good luck on your fading and I'm praying for your full removal!
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I've really tried finding pictures of tattoo removal on the thigh, but I seems like the whole 'thigh-tattoo-thing' is kind of new.... we should keep each other updated :)