LeeM
Member
Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
User status: Offline
|
booked in on friday to start getting an old one removed so i can start another piece.
anyone got any experience of this? results, pain, timescale etc.
|
Gary
Premium Member
Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
User status: Offline
|
Pain. Pain. Pain.
|
sc0ott
Member
Registered: 16th Feb 09
User status: Offline
|
Heard various opinions on it. Some say its just like getting a tattoo, others have said its not as bad.
|
Gary
Premium Member
Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
User status: Offline
|
Which then results in a slight fading. So you have to go back for 6weeks for more pain pain pain
|
C2RL R
Member
Registered: 28th Mar 02
Location: Redcliffe, QLD
User status: Offline
|
Funnily enough mate I was just about to upload some pics that I took on Tuesday when I had my first session. I was told it really hurts but that's bollocks. Tattoos hurt more. I had a 25 minute session on my forearm and it cost me £40. Have to wait 4-6 weeks to see the results before having it done again. Mine is currently very swollen but not painful at all. I was told to treat it as if it was sunburn so I have been putting aloe Vera on it. It seems to help with the itching. I've also got a couple of blisters but nothing major. It's pretty cool watching it mate, you can see the laser smashing the pigment. The machine sounds like the ignitor on a gas hob.
|
LeeM
Member
Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
User status: Offline
|
ive watched a couple of youtube vids. ive been quoted £65 for the first session and 40 each one after. dont need to remove it completely but annoying that ive got to wait months before i can start the new tattoo 
before anyone mentions it, yes i regret this one but i wont regret the next one. im getting rid of a massive superman badge on my arm i got when i was 18 thats ridiculous and was spur of the moment. its being replaced by a design ive been going over for over 2 years
|
Gary
Premium Member
Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
User status: Offline
|
Tattoos definatly hurt less.
I was epicly hungover though, may have been that
|
baza31
Member
Registered: 19th Apr 03
Location: yorkshire
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by Gary
Tattoos definatly hurt less.
I was epicly hungover though, may have been that
Which did u have removed? Not that massive one?
|
wilson_sri
Member
Registered: 31st Aug 04
Location: Dunfermline Drives: Technics 1210s
User status: Offline
|
I have had it done as well. Same story, got it removed for a cover up job. Personally i think it hurt like hell, much much worse than the tattoo. Same idea as with a tattoo, it depends on what area of the body its on.
Here is what i had removed
And this was a couple hours after my first session, just to show what it will look like. My arm swelled up quite a bit each time, although its went down here.
This was after two sessions
I cant find the rest of the pictures just now, i will try and dig them out. My tattoo reacted pretty well, and i only needed 4 treatments before covering up. It all depends on how good the tattoo artist was that done the job, how deep the ink is.
[Edited on 09-02-2012 by wilson_sri]
|
baza31
Member
Registered: 19th Apr 03
Location: yorkshire
User status: Offline
|
How many times to take them off completely or can't that ever be done
|
C2RL R
Member
Registered: 28th Mar 02
Location: Redcliffe, QLD
User status: Offline
|
8-10 I was told to get rid completely. Depends on the colours really. They said red and green don't ever go completely.
|
emicen
Member
Registered: 26th Jul 10
Location: Glasgow
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by C2RL R
8-10 I was told to get rid completely. Depends on the colours really. They said red and green don't ever go completely.
Opinion seems to be divided, I read that black and red go first, blue and green later.
|
LeeM
Member
Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
User status: Offline
|
completely forgot about this, ill put a pic up of what ive got and something similar to whats going over the top now.
not looking forward to it 
|
LeeM
Member
Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
User status: Offline
|
got this
being replaced with a phoenix like this, in black and white but shorter tail feathers going to the inside of my arm rather than the oustside
|
baza31
Member
Registered: 19th Apr 03
Location: yorkshire
User status: Offline
|
Is that wrong way around that superman or is that what happens when u take a picture
|
Matty SRi
Member
Registered: 3rd Dec 08
Location: Stockton-on-Tees Drives: Mk3 Golf GTi
User status: Offline
|
quote:
Originally posted by baza31
Is that wrong way around that superman or is that what happens when u take a picture
Why do you think he's getting it removed 
|
LeeM
Member
Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
User status: Offline
|
my other arm isnt 6 foot long so i had to use a mirror. its an old pic from years ago when it was pretty fresh, its faded a bit since and theres spots where the ink came out when it was scabbing
|
taylorboosh
Member
Registered: 3rd Apr 07
User status: Offline
|
Taking pic in mirror id imagine
|
sc0ott
Member
Registered: 16th Feb 09
User status: Offline
|
Why didnt you get it coloured in?
|
LeeM
Member
Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
User status: Offline
|
liked it as it was really, all of mine are black and white. good job i didnt red and yellow are supposedly the hardest colours to remove
|
LeeM
Member
Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
User status: Offline
|
First session done, it REALLY hurt
Doesn't hurt so much now, there's the odd small white dot but overall it looks darker! Hope it fades in he 8 weeks I've got to wait till my next session 
|
Gary
Premium Member
Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
User status: Offline
|
Told you
|
C2RL R
Member
Registered: 28th Mar 02
Location: Redcliffe, QLD
User status: Offline
|
I really didn't think it was that bad!
|
LeeM
Member
Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
User status: Offline
|
It's even darker now, have I been conned haha?
|
C2RL R
Member
Registered: 28th Mar 02
Location: Redcliffe, QLD
User status: Offline
|
They told me that mine would go dark but it didn't really. Suppose everyone is different. I started mine almost 2 weeks ago and it has faded a fair bit now.
|
