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18 Years of Regret :(

UPDATED FROM sophiale
6 months post

3rd Laser session today

WORTH IT$250
So I was going to wait a few more weeks to have my next session but I had a bit of spare cash so I booked my 3rd session with Wayne and had it done today (it's been 4 months since my last session). When Wayne saw my tattoo he was really impressed with how much ink has cleared after 2 sessions, as am I :). Anyway, the laser seems to hurt more each time. Wayne thinks that it might be that the first time you have laser, because you don't know what to expect you have lots of adrenaline pumping around your body that deals with the pain better. Anyway, it all went well, there was still frosting although it wasn't as dense because there's not as much as ink to frost as there was previously. I still got the snapping noise too which Wayne says is the ink breaking up. It's been 6 hours since this session and it's now looking angry, red and raised and I think I have a some small blisters forming. Once it's scabbed over and healed I'll get a good idea of how much ink has gone and update again.

Good luck everyone

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Wayne

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Made me feel very comfortable and was realistic.

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Your tattoo is going to be nothing but a memory SO SOON! I'm extremely jealous that you had that much fading after only your second session. I'm recovering from my second and I can barely notice a difference - although my tattoo is much newer. Yay for you though! :-) Can't wait to see more.
Thank you for the encouragement. The age of my tattoo has definitely helped but I've been regretting and hiding this tattoo for over 18 years :( so I'm massively thrilled that it's responding to the laser quickly. The most amount of fading was after the 2nd session so I'm really keen to see how this 3rd session goes. Wayne is estimating between 1-3 more sessions :) and given how it's responded he's now confident that I can get full removal (he didn't want to make any guarantees at the first session). I think I do have a very small amount of hypo/hyper pigmentation but I'm really not bothered about that as I just want the ink gone and I think that over time, the pigment of my skin might hopefully return to normal. Good luck with your sessions and happy zapping :)
How is your tattoo removal going??
hey! how did you get on with removing this tattoo?? any updates please? x
UPDATED FROM sophiale
6 months post

4 months after 2nd picosure laser session

Hi All. I thought I'd add a new photo of my tattoo. It's been 4 months since my last picosure session (number 2). I'm trying to leave longer between sessions as so much fading continues to happen and I want to avoid scarring if possible so I want to let my skin recover. But I'm really happy with the fading after just 2 sessions. It might not be clear from the pic but there are chunks of ink that have just disappeared. I'm going to book another session probably next month.

Good luck everyone.

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Just to add, when I look back at how dense and dark my ink was in my original photo (I know the picture is quite small) it shows me how much ink has gone so far. I'm very happy.
And I can definitely see a lot more fading from the 2nd session compared to the 1st. Roll on number 3 :)

It very clear in the photo that there is lots of ink missing. I think it is really smart to go slow with the treatments and allow the body time to clear the ink away. Thank you for keeping your review updated. :)

Thanks Eva :)
UPDATED FROM sophiale
2 months post

Serious fading from 2nd Picosure session

Oh my god! I couldn't be happier. I had my 2nd Picosure zapping session 1 week ago and so much ink has gone. At this rate I feel 100% confident that I will achieve full removal. Definitely the age, colour and location are in my favour. There's still a little bit of scabbing around the edges but I don't want to pick it. What do you think guys? I'm so happy. Good luck everyone.

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Looking great!
Thank you. It's been worth every penny so far.

Awesome, so glad you are feeling happy and confident you will achieve full removal. We are all rooting for you!

Thank you so much Eva. I'm pretty buzzed about the whole thing. So much of the ink has gone in just 2 sessions, it's incredible.

I bet you are! To want something gone so bad and to make such huge progress in just a few sessions is pretty cool!!

Wayne is treating my tattoo aswell. Got second treatment on 26th jan. Im so ready for next zapping! Yours is looking so good! Congrats
Hi. I want to get my tattoo removed also does it hurt getting laser tattoo removal? From 1 to 10 ?
It's bearable. Like a rubber band flicking your skin. I think I have a fairly high pain threshold though so I would say around 5-6.
I can handle that. Thanks for answering my question

Hey there jaaaaay, here is a discussion related to the pain associated with tattoo removal that you  might find helpful: 

LASER TATTOO REMOVAL: IS IT PAINFUL?
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