traditionaltom 0 Posted January 13, 2020 Hows it looking mate? I also had my neck lasered, not nice! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast 52 Posted January 14, 2020 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? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
traditionaltom 0 Posted January 14, 2020 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast 52 Posted March 3, 2020 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alyssagrey93 2 Posted October 24, 2020 this looks really good. hope you will get everything done fast Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alyssagrey93 2 Posted November 8, 2020 (edited) 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 2 Samth and SStu reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pidjones 603 Posted December 5, 2020 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. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast 52 Posted December 5, 2020 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 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast 52 Posted December 5, 2020 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. 1 tattooo reacted to this Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites