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Well guys, the day came and went, and honestly its fantastic. The artist did a great job with the design, and it didn't hurt nearly as much as I thought it would. Overall I think I was just having first time jitters (plus I have major anxiety over even small desisions so...yeah). But now that its done I have no regrets!

I got trash polka, lettering, realism, and looking forward to getting oriental next. I like em all and idc what anyone tells me.. except my bank when they tell me I don't have enough money for all these tattoos 😉

Yeah, the laser application process isn't precisely uniform - so the results are going to vary by degrees. It'll also take a month or more before you see what the real progress is in any area. There will be further fading from each session even 3-4 months down the road. For what it's worth, I think the tattooist did a great job with application, line-up, etc. I don't know the impact of the particular message or local culture where you are, buit educators here in the States (or most of them) don't have to worry about minor ink showing . . . Temporary make-up wasn't an option?

If you like it, that's all that matters. 🙂

Thank you John, I'm certainly not thrilled either. One the one hand I feel a bit ridiculous spending so much money, going through so much pain for such a long time on something I did to myself knowing it was permanent. On the other hand, if it works, it certainly is not getting off easy. Day one after first treatment: Neck sore but not nearly as bad as yesterday. I'm able to wear one of my looser fit dress shirts, tie and top button fastened. I don't know if this is helping but I cut off the short sleeve from a T-shirt and stretched it enough to get it over my head and on my neck. The constant contact prevents my dress shirt from rubbing or scraping. From a progress standpoint, I am surprised just how much faded in certain areas while others appear to have no change (other than red and swollen). I'm sure this is due to depth and saturation of ink. I'll update when there is news.

Yeah, Thanks! Just the neck.

I have different styles on the same body parts.I have different styles right next to each other all over my body. IMO it works just fine, it's your body,do what ever the hell you want to do ! who cares what anyone else thinks anyway !

it looked like he slathered the whole thing in Vaseline. What the hell?

Well, that was a thrilling read.

we added some more to it,the bee and a little shading

Today’s piece. On the back of the arm with the Ganesh from a month ago.