laser tattoo removal progress

[traditionaltom 0]

Hows it looking mate? I also had my neck lasered, not nice!

[Slartibartfast 52]

It’s coming along but extremely slowly.  Not sure I will end up with complete removal so I’m starting to space out appointments. 
 

thanks for asking!  How many sessions did you do?

[traditionaltom 0]

I had probably just over 20 sessions. Had a big bright traditional piece on my neck and its pretty much fully gone apart from a few sections.

[Slartibartfast 52]

On 1/14/2020 at 10:06 AM, traditionaltom said:

I had probably just over 20 sessions. Had a big bright traditional piece on my neck and its pretty much fully gone apart from a few sections.

Well, your post got me to REALLY thinking this whole thing through.  Unfortunately, I'm at a point where just stopping doesn't work for me.  I really wish I would have had better calibrated expectations from the first session.  I was led to believe that this would be a done deal at or around 10 sessions, now it sounds like closer to 20 and never complete removal.  

 

The office I was going to is no longer doing laser removal, which means I will be looking into other offices.  I am really hopeful the RAP device due out this quarter (full disclaimer I am a small stock holder of SOLY 🙂 ) that there will be a clinic within 10 hours drive that I could visit.  The results remain to be seen but what few pictures have been published, it looks promising.  If it doesn't end up working as well as it seems, I will be spacing out sessions to twice a year and eventually just blasting over it with something that looks better in this spot.  This is not my preference for previously mentioned reasons that I would like to go to work without a tie occasionally, but if it is the difference between having a now messed up tattoo in a bad location, or having a more aesthetically pleasing tattoo in this location, I would go for the latter. 

[alyssagrey93 2]

this looks really good. hope you will get everything done fast

[alyssagrey93 2]

I have actually been thinking of getting a few tattoos removed myself. I have did some really really bad decisions when I was in college and a lot of them are on my skin. Honestly it didn't bother me as much in the past but I live in a respectful neighborhood I married an amazing person and I just feel like it is time for me to get rid of the tattoos. I have been looking for local clinics that do laser tattoo removal and was pleasantly surprised that there are actually so many options available. I settled on a clinic about 30 miles from my home and I have already talked to the doctors. I have scheduled and appointment and the first procedure is going to be done in two days. I am hoping this will go well. Wish me luck  

Edited November 8, 2020 by alyssagrey93

[pidjones 603]

You will be most satisfied if you can be happy with a good cover-up. I had a professional tattoo lazered for three sessions and then corrected by a different artist. Four years later, the minor scaring halo has turned into a cool drop-shaddow. But, both during and after the process you must use patience.

[Slartibartfast 52]

4 hours ago, tattooo said:

I don't have a lot of tattoos, but do you think it will hurt when I want to have it removed?

Quit a bit

[Slartibartfast 52]

4 hours ago, tattooo said:

I don't have a lot of tattoos, but do you think it will hurt when I want to have it removed?

Sorry for the flippant response.  In all seriousness, in terms of cost, time and discomfort I would say laser is exponentially more than getting a tattoo. 
for me, I can handle tattoo pain.  I have only experienced laser on the neck but I guarantee it is worse than getting the tattoo, which felt more like a burning/stinging/ scraping sensation.  Laser is like a rubberband snapping you more than a trillion times a second.  A pico second to be exact.  The only difference is the session lasts only minutes vs hours for the tattoo.