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My Tattoo Removal Overview
Hey guys,
Just thought I'd share my experience with tattoo removal.
When I was 21 years old for some reason I decided it was a good idea to get a sleeve, didn't even think about the design too much just kind of gave the artist a basic reference of what I liked and trusted his judgement and skill. He gave me this really really dark tattoo of like this ugly chick which I hated. I don't blame him I blame myself for agreeing to it but it was horrible.
It basically consumed me and made me not wanna go out or wear short sleeve shirts coz it was on my forearm. Felt like I'd ruined my life.
This tattoo was so so black I didn't even think laser or cover up would ever be possible. This was darker then tribal or anything I've ever seen. Pure heavy black work.
I Did a lot of googling and I ended up getting laser, and payed for 6 sessions upfront for picosure which cost me $5000. I was under the impression it would be nearly gone after that.
After first session my arm got huge blisters which were like massive, which I didn't know If it was normal or not but it definitely should not have happened, which eventually turned into big scars and made further sessions harder to treat as laser doesn't work well on scars. After the 6th session it was probably about 20 percent faded And now full of scars (orrigionally I thought it would be about 80 percent by then). So I payed for another 2 sessions. It was still super black even after 8 picosurr sessions so I researched and found a better laser which was the quanta discovery.
I did a further 8 sessions with the quanta discovery at a very reputable laser place. Their laser was much less harsh and produced better results, but think because I went with Pico sure originally and it scarred my arm it made it a lot harder.
After 8 sessions with the top of the line laser it was faded but still black as anything. No artist wanted to cover it coz it was so bad (scarred and black) so I bribed a good artist 8 grand to try and cover it (I was desperate and 8 grand seems cheap compared to going through more laser and getting little results).
It is now covered, took 2 years of laser to not even remove and the overall experience was horrible and cost me over 20 grand but I'm glad it's done.
This tattoo looked so black I could never imagine it being covered so I'm glad I could make that happen. The cover isn't perfect but i can at least live with it now. If I could give anyone any advice it would be to not use Pico sure, use the quanta. Either their q switched or discovery produce far far vetter results wjthoht causing scarring which ruins everything. Pico sure is not worth it. Especially if you have a black tattoo it's wavelength isn't right.
I only go to get tattood off the best artist I can find now as I know how bad it is to have a [RS bleep] tattoo. What a nightmare.
This was an expensive, and horrible life lesson I've had to learn. But just want people to know that I got through the impossible, so no matter what u have on ur skin,, if u hate it, it can be fixed. Trust me it doesn't get worse then what I just did.
Cheers
Just thought I'd share my experience with tattoo removal.
When I was 21 years old for some reason I decided it was a good idea to get a sleeve, didn't even think about the design too much just kind of gave the artist a basic reference of what I liked and trusted his judgement and skill. He gave me this really really dark tattoo of like this ugly chick which I hated. I don't blame him I blame myself for agreeing to it but it was horrible.
It basically consumed me and made me not wanna go out or wear short sleeve shirts coz it was on my forearm. Felt like I'd ruined my life.
This tattoo was so so black I didn't even think laser or cover up would ever be possible. This was darker then tribal or anything I've ever seen. Pure heavy black work.
I Did a lot of googling and I ended up getting laser, and payed for 6 sessions upfront for picosure which cost me $5000. I was under the impression it would be nearly gone after that.
After first session my arm got huge blisters which were like massive, which I didn't know If it was normal or not but it definitely should not have happened, which eventually turned into big scars and made further sessions harder to treat as laser doesn't work well on scars. After the 6th session it was probably about 20 percent faded And now full of scars (orrigionally I thought it would be about 80 percent by then). So I payed for another 2 sessions. It was still super black even after 8 picosurr sessions so I researched and found a better laser which was the quanta discovery.
I did a further 8 sessions with the quanta discovery at a very reputable laser place. Their laser was much less harsh and produced better results, but think because I went with Pico sure originally and it scarred my arm it made it a lot harder.
After 8 sessions with the top of the line laser it was faded but still black as anything. No artist wanted to cover it coz it was so bad (scarred and black) so I bribed a good artist 8 grand to try and cover it (I was desperate and 8 grand seems cheap compared to going through more laser and getting little results).
It is now covered, took 2 years of laser to not even remove and the overall experience was horrible and cost me over 20 grand but I'm glad it's done.
This tattoo looked so black I could never imagine it being covered so I'm glad I could make that happen. The cover isn't perfect but i can at least live with it now. If I could give anyone any advice it would be to not use Pico sure, use the quanta. Either their q switched or discovery produce far far vetter results wjthoht causing scarring which ruins everything. Pico sure is not worth it. Especially if you have a black tattoo it's wavelength isn't right.
I only go to get tattood off the best artist I can find now as I know how bad it is to have a [RS bleep] tattoo. What a nightmare.
This was an expensive, and horrible life lesson I've had to learn. But just want people to know that I got through the impossible, so no matter what u have on ur skin,, if u hate it, it can be fixed. Trust me it doesn't get worse then what I just did.
Cheers
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