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Picosure Removal on my Arm! - United Kingdom, GB

UPDATED FROM Andrew1987

Picosure on scarring

Quick update just to say that I originally had a 2 inch scar on my arm from when I was a child which was tattooed over. Having had 2 treatments the shading which covered the scar has completely faded and believe it or not the scar is barely noticeable. How and why I don't know. Maybe it's because there's still a bit of redness there but time will tell. It doesn't really make much difference in my case as I'm getting it recovered in time but I thought I would share the news as It may give hope to those worrying about scarring!

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Looked really good mate. I'm having the "pink" problems as well. So much so that my second session had to be cancelled as the skin was still too pink. And that was after waiting 8 weeks from the first treatment! It seems when I get hot/during excersice the arm turns really pink. The rest of the time it's find. Is that similar to yours?
That's interesting about the pink mate. How long have thy postponed for? It sounds like your in safe, sensible hands, which is good.
Another 8 weeks as I'm on holiday for a week next month. Very frustrating but I appreciated they're playing it safe. It feels fine but gets really pink sometimes. I have no idea why?
Ahh man, I can imagine that's frustrating, but it's absolutely for the best. In the mean time your body will still be working at the ink, no doubt it'll fade more, so don't think of it as wasted time, quite the contrary. Are you putting anything on the skin each day that could be perpetuating the redness? I imagine your body's repair system is still flared up and it's still sending lots of blood to the area, giving it the pinkish look.
Yeah the pink areas gets worse during exercise or if I take a shower. But it's getting better over time, when the skin is exposed to the heat from the laser it's going to take quite a bit time to heal.
No not putting anything on the skin. The technician said to try bepanthol (sp?) so I've been putting that on before bed. Before that it was only alloa Vera while it was healing. It's just frustrating as it prolongs an already very long process! Hey ho
Cheers that puts my mind at rest. Where did you get your forearm cover from?
I got the cover sleeve off amazon. A company called tatjacket from the US. Well worth purchasing.
Yeh I ordered one yesterday from there but thought you may know somewhere in the UK. How long did it take to arrive?
Also which one did you get as it seems the 8 inch forearm one isn't that big. The picture only seems to go half way up the forearm
I took about 2 weeks or so. Yeah mines is the 8 inch one, I could of done with at least another inch but it covers most of my forearm.
Hey, you mentioned you decided right away to get your tattoo lasered off. Just wondering how long you had to wait to start the process and if you feel you had more difficulty in removing it considering it was fresh, as I'm in a similar situation. Thanks for sharing and good luck! Looks like you're getting great results.
Hi, yeah I decided straight away to laser it but it was about 3 months before I got round to having my 1st session. You're best waiting till the tattoo is fully healed which is usually anything over 6 weeks or so, otherwise I've been told you'll have more chance of scarring. Obviously the older the tattoo the easier it's going to be to fade as tattoos fade on there own over a long time, but I'm having good results after 2 sessions, I think a bigger factor on how well it's going to fade is the depth of the ink rather than how new the ink is. Hope this helps. Good luck if you go through with lasering.
Your results are encouraging, has the redness subsided? 
Hi Eva, yeah the redness is going away on certain parts, I find lower down my arm is where it's at it's worst. But like with everything it's just going to take time.
Good to hear the redness is going away, I am sure it will calm on the lower arm... like you said - just takes time. 

Remember to drink lots of water to flush out the ink and healthy food to keep that immune system strong. 
That would be because of less blood being able to get there. My feet were the same way.
Hey there, just checking in for an update - how are you making out?
UPDATED FROM Andrew1987

Original pic

Sorry for another update but I found a pic of my tattoo before any treatment, sorry it ain't great but it's of my phone, I know because of the lack of quality in my pics you struggle to see what difference my arm is after 2 treatments but believe I'm amazed at the results so far.
I also ordered a cover up sleeve for my arm, which I wear almost all the time, it feels so comfortable and sometimes I forget I have it on, gives me some confidence as I'm struggling with that issue at the minute.

Hope you all had a great christmas and New Years, despite all this bother I'm going through mines was good, I became an uncle and I think by the times my little niece celebrates her 1st birthday all this will be a distant memory for me!

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Wow, gotta admit that's really impressive for only two sessions! Looks like a huge amount has gone. Are you lining up another? Or do you think after a few weeks of fading that it might be light enough to cover?
Thanks! The problem is I want my cover up to look similar to whats already on my upper arm in terms of colour and shading, and it's pretty light so I will defo need more sessions. I know it's hard to predict how and when but I was thinking I would need 4 sessions minimum before I starting talking to the artist about covering it. I'm not going to rush into anything and however many session are needed before it's ok to get started I'm probably not going to start covering it until June/July time.
Hey, how much you paid for your picosure treatment? I'm considering to get 5 of my tattoos with picosure.
UPDATED FROM Andrew1987

2nd treatment!

Been a few weeks since my 2nd treatment so time for an update!
The pain wasn't as bad this time, still sore enough for my liking but hopefully from now on the less ink the less pain. Hope it works out that way.
Didn't suffer as many blisters this time and there weren't half as big as last time, swelling went down in 4/5 days and apart from one or two dense areas the scabs didn't last long either. All in all I think my skin copes really well with the laser and heals in no time at all.
All the shading has been completely blasted, well almost there's a few areas round my wrist that are gonna take many more sessions. The areas where the shading was is now pink or a lightish brown, as worried as I am the now I've got to remember I'm getting a cover up to complete my sleeve.
What's been bothering me is the outlines, some are so light you can barely see them yet centimetres away there are lines that look like they haven't been touched yet. I understand it could be more the inconsistency of the tattoo artist while doing the outline. Some lines being deeper than others.
If you have a look at my 3rd pic you can see the difference in the outlines. It's hard to see on my pics as I'm not the best at taking them sorry.

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