Mike Panic Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 Just finished my 2nd session on Wednesday. Got several nice blisters to show for 45 minutes of small torture. Will post a before and progress picture towards the end of March - just before my 3rd session. You sat for 45 minutes?!! You have earned my respect man, seriously. Longest I've personally sat is 16, longest I've had a client sit for is 19 before tapping. We've been having great success in combating blisters and swelling by having clients cover with aquaphor 60 minutes post treatment, then plastic wrap, then pre wrap: CVS Universal Sports Pre-Wrap Protects Skin - CVS pharmacy Of course, talk with your treatment place before deviating from their aftercare instructions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOMONEY Posted January 28, 2013 Author Share Posted January 28, 2013 We've been having great success in combating blisters and swelling by having clients cover with aquaphor 60 minutes post treatment, then plastic wrap, then pre wrap: CVS Universal Sports Pre-Wrap Protects Skin - CVS pharmacy Of course, talk with your treatment place before deviating from their aftercare instructions. i got horrible blisters on my first treatment. treatment 1.5 (the other half of the first treatment) didnt result in many bad blisters. as well as large areas on my other arm i thought fuck it, lets hit it. the swelling wasnt as bad either. part of me thinks that this could be from the aggressiveness of allens laser and not icing it nearly as much as he recommends me too (this last time i was permawet/cold from getting off the bus hours earlier and standing in the rain, wasnt trying to think about iving myself at that point). i go back for official second session in a week or so and dont know what to expect? should second sessions really knocks some shit out?? - - - Updated - - - oh yeah, stu. i could be sitting for that time and dont know. im assumming its more like 15 tops, tho. and im getting large parts of my body treated. are youre zapping everything? head to toe? damn. are you going to fade fast? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Panic Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 @YOMONEY - treatments vary by person, mine personally don't really start to fade until around week 3-4, and fade well into week 6. I'm actually due this week for another treatment if my business partner has time for me. It will be 3rd on one tattoo and 2nd on two others. Some of my clients see fading in weeks 2-4, some come back at week 4. Because the vast majority of fading is carried out by your bodies immune system, there is one size fits all aftercare. If you waited 8-12 weeks between treatments there's a good chance you'll see more fading in those last few weeks, but everyone is different and no one wants to prolong this more than they have to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOMONEY Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 my bad about the lack of photo updates. ive just started this journey and was really waiting for something profound to show off to you guys, more than anything.. *working on a repost*.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOMONEY Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 try photobucket Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOMONEY Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 just tried. nada. oh well, here is my photobucket i just set up.. Photo and image hosting, free photo galleries, photo editing be careful if you click, some japanese german guy gonna come out and kick your balls.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 just tried. nada. oh well, here is my photobucket i just set up.. Photo and image hosting, free photo galleries, photo editing be careful if you click, some japanese german guy gonna come out and kick your balls.. If you click "Go Advanced" next to "Post Quick Reply" you can upload pictures directly to here. I also find tinypic.com to work well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOMONEY Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 cool, gonna give this another go 'round.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOMONEY Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 k, lets hope this works.. before.. 9 weeks after 1st session. think he was going easy on me this round.. before.. 4 weeks afrer 1st session. think he really cranked it up this time.. allen is saying all i need is 3 treatments. i have no reason to doubt that. dudes a real g with the laser. im going back in a couple days, so ill keep it updated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatB Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 k, lets hope this works..allen is saying all i need is 3 treatments. i have no reason to doubt that. dudes a real g with the laser. im going back in a couple days, so ill keep it updated. What is you plan for cover-up? Do you have any ideas yet? An artist picked out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Panic Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Everything looks good, normal and progressing well. Just follow the aftercare, 10% of the work is done with the laser, the rest is your body and your attention to the aftercare. eisen777 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOMONEY Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 mike, word man. harry, japanese sleeve. tiger sleeve. ive talked to a couple artists, but nothing in stone yet.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 @YOMONEY 3 treatments to achieve what? Ill be amazed if you knock that colour out with 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOMONEY Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 4 treatments to achieve coverup. so yeah, 3 more. colors not coming out. just needs to be lightened. all you really need to do is knock out/lighten dark stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bulldog Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 It took me 4 lasers to even notice a change in the colour, but looking back at your pics your colour does look light though. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOMONEY Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 thanks, man. luckily not a whole lot of color neither.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOMONEY Posted February 9, 2013 Author Share Posted February 9, 2013 i was hanging out on sidewalk patios at this pizza joint and then this bar next door and thought it was out of the ordinary that so many people were sporting some a lot of really sick traditional work. i had no clue that right next door was fucking elm street. i didnt know that some of the artists there are really talented with japanese traditional as well. got to go in and talk to them a little about what i was looking for. their prices are pretty on par too which is cool. Graeme 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SStu Posted February 10, 2013 Share Posted February 10, 2013 oh yeah, stu. i could be sitting for that time and dont know. im assumming its more like 15 tops, tho. and im getting large parts of my body treated. are youre zapping everything? head to toe? damn. are you going to fade fast? No, I've got a collection of random stuff from the '70s and '80s that's taking up prime real estate on about a quarter of my back. Definately some lightening 6-8 weeks after the 1st session. Anxious to see how it'll look 8 weeks after the 2nd session. I'm hoping my 5th session in Sept-Oct will have gotten it all light enough for new cover work. ian and YOMONEY 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Napalm Pancakes Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I had my fourth treatment on my arm and leg, along with my third treatment on my chest yesterday. They used the normal laser first then went over everything with an erbium fractional laser. It was the first time they used this method. ian 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOMONEY Posted February 17, 2013 Author Share Posted February 17, 2013 I had my fourth treatment on my arm and leg, along with my third treatment on my chest yesterday. They used the normal laser first then went over everything with an erbium fractional laser. It was the first time they used this method. whoa. that sounds next level. what the hell does it mean? otherwise, how are the treatments coming along? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOMONEY Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 a day or two after my first treatment.. this was some serious shit- waking up in the morning drenched in blister juice (no kidding), coupled with my arm swelling up to 3 times its normal size. this all lasted for a week exactly. this only happened during treatments 1 and 1.5, from here on out, the laser power gets turned up, but there is no more swelling or blistering or anything (thank god). im still waiting (patiently) to post update pictures from treatment 2, but so far there has been little difference. hoping this will all change during weeks 4-8. also, will be back in dallas in 2 weeks for treatment 2.5. funny story (to me anyway), last time i was in dallas i ran into some guys who (far as fuck away from dallas) put on a lot of my tattoos. really cool guys, but kind of weird running into them out there under those circumstances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducky15568 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 That is so crazy i never thought laser treatments could give you that bad of blisters. guess i never thought about it. Hope your sessions go well! a day or two after my first treatment.. this was some serious shit- waking up in the morning drenched in blister juice (no kidding), coupled with my arm swelling up to 3 times its normal size. this all lasted for a week exactly. this only happened during treatments 1 and 1.5, from here on out, the laser power gets turned up, but there is no more swelling or blistering or anything (thank god). im still waiting (patiently) to post update pictures from treatment 2, but so far there has been little difference. hoping this will all change during weeks 4-8. also, will be back in dallas in 2 weeks for treatment 2.5. funny story (to me anyway), last time i was in dallas i ran into some guys who (far as fuck away from dallas) put on a lot of my tattoos. really cool guys, but kind of weird running into them out there under those circumstances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YOMONEY Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 thanks ducky.. i think a large part of that may have been my lack of keeping it iced during that treatment. but on the good side, this only happened to me during treatment one. from here on out there isnt much healing to do. shit, my skin barely even dried out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducky15568 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Good to hear! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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