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Removing a Tattoo Less Than 1 Year Old. I'm a 50 Year Old Female

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Beginning my journey to remove this huge tattoo. I...

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pattycakes1
$1,680
Beginning my journey to remove this huge tattoo. I have several other tattoos but this is the one I like the most. However, after receiving so many negative comments from my customers, (I'm a hairdresser) I have decided to try to remove it. I always wear long sleeves to work now, and find that I am self conscious to show it even in my personal time. I hate it that I care so much what other people think. I wish I could just own it and wear my tattoo boldly. This tattoo is not perfect and contains elements that I have never been happy with. It only loosely resembles the concept I brought to my tattoo artist and I think it ended up looking very masculine instead of the ultra feminine vision I had in my mind. This was all a freehand design. I got this tattoo in memory of my mother, who always wanted to go to Hawaii, but never got there.

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December 6, 2017
Hey!
I would not remove this Tattoo! I think it s R
really beautiful!
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December 6, 2017
Well thank you but it makes me very self-conscious. Don't you think it looks quite masculine?
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December 6, 2017
No, no absolutly not! Dont laser it again. It s really nice!
Look at mine. This is really horrible! :-(((((
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December 12, 2017
No its very delicate and feminine!
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December 12, 2017
Its very pretty though!
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December 12, 2017
Thanks! But it has to go! At least some of the black design around it.
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December 25, 2017
Yeah I understand! It’s your decision!
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December 25, 2017
I think mine is so very masculine!
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December 25, 2017
It's strange that we both feel that our tattoos are masculine. All the black design around my flowers makes me feel that way.
January 15, 2018
That's a good tattoo
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January 15, 2018
Well thank you. That's so nice to hear but I had my second treatment today. I'll be happy to see it gone!
January 25, 2018
I personally love your tattoo! Wish you would have kept it!! :( but hey to each her own
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January 25, 2018
Thank you, I'm doubting that it can be totally removed anyway.
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9 days post

Right after and one week after 1st session

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Little did I know how much pain there would be. My bandage is stuck and I could not loosen them even by soaking. It peeled off sheets of my skin. Such trauma. Don't know if I can go through with this.

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December 21, 2017
Good luck !!!
what laser your dermatologist has used? what cream do you apply? if you need advice, I already had 2 laser sessions.
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December 21, 2017
I am having the Astanza Trinity laser and I am using Neosporin ointment.
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December 22, 2017
Ok. I recommend to you : aloe vera and coconut oil.
Hydration and massage a lot !!!!!
January 26, 2018
Sounds like a lovely tattoo with good meaning - I would keep it!
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May 16, 2018
Hello. I am about to do Picosure to remove a tattoo on my arm. I have already suffered a 3rd degree burn from Tattoo Vanish and had surgery to remove about 4 sq. inches of skin! So I understand trauma. I'm wondering what kind of laser was used on you, and if this was the expected outcome of your treatment. Did the doctors change the settings on subsequent treatments? Appreciate your advice, as I want to minimize any more trauma from this process. I'm with you in Spirit and wish you strength to feel good about yourself. I know firsthand what you're going through. Best of luck on your journey.
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July 22, 2018
Thank you very much. It's nice to hear from other people who are going through the same thing.
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9 days post

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November 5, 2018
Hi! Just checking how your yellow is fading and what laser you are using ☺️ I have a yellow rose that is 4 inches around on my forearm I absolutely hate it!! I also am a hairstylist and it all I see
February 24, 2019
It's the Astanza Trinity laser. I don't see much yellow left, but there wasn't a lot of yellow to begin with.