When I was 16 years old, I made (what i though to be) a very wise decision and decided to get a tattoo on my left foot. The tattoo was a very irrelevant flower with some form of tribal on the outside. Looking back, I now accept that this was a silly mistake.
My sister has recently had a large tattoo on her thigh and, thankfully, after finding out that her tattoo parlor also performed laser tattoo removal, she was more than happy to refer me. I went down to the tattooist the following day and booked my first session, the lady was very welcoming and friendly and told me everything I needed to know about the process. After feeling reassured about the process I then decided to book my first session for the following week. I have to admit, I was VERY nervous.
On the day of my first session, I had a very long form to fill out concerning my health, most of the questions were understandable and were regarding my skin type, medical history, medications and lifestyle. After completing the form I was then reassured by the lady who was going to be performing the removal as she tried to ‘calm me down’ by describing, in her opinion, what the process felt like, in her words “Its just like when you cook bacon and the fat spits at you, but constant”, but I have to admit, this did not calm me down.
The process itself took no more than 15 seconds and I have to admit, was very uncomfortable. The best way I can describe it is, its like a rubber band being flicked at your skin, but constantly.
I have been advised to wait 8 weeks before my next session to allow the skin to heal, I have been told that I will need roughly 5 sessions to have it fully removed… oh the joy.
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About tattoos and tattoo removal!
What are your thoughts on either of the two?
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I wish I had money for that laser thing that is my though. I too have some “cool” tattoos that I got earlier on in life and now I look at them and think what the F was I thinking, was I drunk when I got them?
So is great that there is now technology to get rid of those things.
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It costs me £40 per session, but as I am now 7 months pregnant, I can’t get anymore treatments until baby is here. It is incredible how far technology has come! No more “that will be there for the rest of your life” lectures!
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First of all congratulations on the baby, and second that is expensive! and how many sessions to get it out completely?
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Roughly 6 to 12 sessions to remove it completely!
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Holy, I guess I´m stuck with them. Not paying that much, I´ll suffer the looks better than the wallet. Plus there is always things like clothes to cover up.
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I’ve done my fair share of drunken adventures, but for some reason I never got a tattoo. Hhmmm
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Then you are real strange, which by the way I´m just reading your rant on the “internet problems”, quite amusing as always.
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Hi,
I reblogged this on my blog.
Is that permissible? 🙂
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Yes that fine, thank you for reading!
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Thanks, likewise.
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I had wondered how that worked. Good luck. Was it worse than getting tattoo?
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Yes, a lot more painful and the healing process was twice as long!
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Oh no! I’ve seen a lot of older people with tattoos they regretted. As a nurse, I’ve seen a lot of really bizarre tattoos also, and wondered how people stood getting them.
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I agree! There are a lot of very strange tattoos out there!
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