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Switched to Enlighten Laser-- 4 sessions in (happy!)
Thought I'd update. Was getting frustrated with progress of Picosure- last session in early 2017 felt like it barely did anything and I was getting frustrated with the lack of transparency with my removal provider who gave me q-switch treatments even though we'd always talked about me doing Picosure. I don't want to publicly call them out but if you're in the NYC area and want to ask me feel free to. Now I'm going to James Silberzweig, MD and switching to a dermatologist but him in particular has been way better. I feel much more assured by his expertise, his staff is great, and the Enlighten laser is working way faster and more dramatically (it's supposed to be better for black tattoos compared to Picosure).
I've generally been waiting about 2-3 months between treatments. I'm going to go in for my 5th treatment at the end of this month, and I'll have waited close to 5 months since the 4th. He recommended I spread the sessions out more to get the most of them.
I've been slowly also trying to address the raised scarring from the tattoo but haven't made a concerted effort, just applying scar gel semi-routinely. We talked about it at one point and he said there wasn't really a good way to address it, but I'll talk to him next time about it since things are always changing in this area. Might try microneedling/a dermaroller. I should mention that I'm insanely OCD and the progress is actually great-- up close I can see the scarring but it's really very minimal and there isn't really the ghosting that I was started to see with Picosure and was nervous about.
I've generally been waiting about 2-3 months between treatments. I'm going to go in for my 5th treatment at the end of this month, and I'll have waited close to 5 months since the 4th. He recommended I spread the sessions out more to get the most of them.
I've been slowly also trying to address the raised scarring from the tattoo but haven't made a concerted effort, just applying scar gel semi-routinely. We talked about it at one point and he said there wasn't really a good way to address it, but I'll talk to him next time about it since things are always changing in this area. Might try microneedling/a dermaroller. I should mention that I'm insanely OCD and the progress is actually great-- up close I can see the scarring but it's really very minimal and there isn't really the ghosting that I was started to see with Picosure and was nervous about.
1 week post 4th session shoulder, 3rd session arm
This is 1 week post 4th session shoulder (2 pico, 2 q-switched), 3rd session arm (1 pico, 2 q-switched)
Have a bit of ghosting/raised skin in the areas where the ink has mostly come off.
Have a bit of ghosting/raised skin in the areas where the ink has mostly come off.
Right before 4th session on shoulder, 3rd session on arm -- with Picosure
Provider Review
James Silberzweig, MD
Switched to James Silberzweig, MD in NYC. Very happy so far.