My Tattoo Removal - 13 treatments so far!

I went for treatment 13 yesterday! It's been quite a while since I posted and even longer since I've had a treatment. I decided to give my skin lots of time to heal and hopefully fade on its own. The last time I had a treatment was October of 2014. I still had quite a few spots where I could see ink and also a couple spots that had turned green where the white ink oxidized from removal. Hoping those can be removed. The technician doing it said she couldn't even really find the spots but I can definitely see them. I don't think she treated them all but hopefully enough that it's going to get rid of most of this. I'm planning on giving my skin quite a bit of time to heal and fade after this and maybe finally get a little bit of sun this summer! ???? I think in the fall I will look into some treatments for all the scarring I have. The technician I had yesterday suggested Intracel Micro-needling. Has anyone here ever tried it before and had good results? I'm interested in your feedback good or bad! Hope everyone is doing well!

I just thought I would check in and give another update. I haven't been posting much because I haven't had any additional treatments. My last one was last October I believe. There is still some ink left which I'm hoping will fade on its own. What worries me the most is still the scarring. I seem to have a raised outline in most areas and it almost looks like where it isn't raised I have a white scars in the shape of the outline. I have tried taking pictures to post but it really doesn't show the scarring or what my skin actually looks like. I was out in the sun a bit a couple weeks ago because I wanted to see if it would be less noticeable with a bit of a tan, but the outline actually turned red and quite noticeable so I'm pretty worried about that. I'm now using Shea butter on my skin every night because that was recommended to me for scars. It has only been a month or so but I haven't noticed any improvement yet. I'm amazed when I look back at my pictures and see what I used to have but unfortunately I am still stuck hiding my back! If anyone can recommend good products for scars or if anyone has had experience with treatments such as fraxel left me know! Hope everyone is doing well!

I just thought I would check in and give a quick update since it has been a while. I haven't had any more treatments since October. I have decided to give my skin a nice long break in hopes of letting it fade some more on his own. I have noticed a bit more fading since my last treatment but there is definitely still some ink left. Unfortunately the tattoo is still fully visible (probably more so to me since I know what I'm looking for) due to the scarred raised outline. I definitely think the scarring is from getting the tattoo in the first place. Hopefully one day I'll be able to find something to fix that. I tried taking pictures to show my progress but at this point it is hard to get a good picture to show what my skin really looks like. The ink is very faint now but I think I still have a long ways to go before it's all gone. Looking back at pictures it's hard to believe it was once so dark! It has been a long process! Hope everyone is doing well and thanks to everyone for all the kind words! So glad to have found this site :)