Since my last update was soon after a treatment, I will post a wrist picture to show how things look now.
It's almost completely gone!
I think if I were to get some sun, I wouldn't see it at all. Right now, it looks like a slight bruise. The others are still visible and will probably take at least two more treatments, though they have faded very well. I am almost certain this one will disappear completely after one more treatment. Something interesting I have noticed is that even months after having a treatment, the tattoos are fading a little each month that goes by.
When getting IVs for the surgeries I had recently, the nurses would always ask about the tattoo on my left forearm. Because it is a bit of a faded blob that has some scarring for that first non-laser removal I did, the nurses all seem to tread lightly at first when asking about it. One thought it was a burn and didn't want to hurt my feelings. Many guessed correctly by asking if I was having a tattoo removed. When I would tell them about the one on my right wrist (the one pictured above), they've mostly been shocked because they didn't even realize I had one there. I can't wait until the same can be said for the rest of my tattoos.
Thanks to everyone who wrote to ask how the process was going. If anyone reading has started getting their own tattoos removed and is documenting it, please comment so I can link to your page.
I'm going to attempt synching my various accounts (Facebook, Google, Tumblr, Twitter) to keep myself a little more organized and able to update across various platforms. If anyone has any suggestions, I'm willing to try anything. That's it on the update for now. I hope to have another post-treatment update in the near future.
2 comments:
Sorry to hear you have been having problems with kidney stones. Glad to hear your health is improving.
You are lucky having the black tattoos, as the black ink fades well. Yours are looking really good and it shouldn't be long before you are tattoo-free. I can't even see a trace of the one in your wrist.
I haven't had treatment for a few months, but have noticed, as you say, that the ink continues to fade. My red and black is now almost gone, but I am left with blue, green and pink and that may never go. I am going to give my skin a rest over summer, then see if I can find someone with a ruby laser, to try to treat the rest of the ink - http://tattoos-no-more.blogspot.co.uk/
I have some scarring and that is because of the amount of ink and the bad blistering.
Hope you are soon completely ink-free and that your health continues to improve.
Thanks so much! My health is improving a good bit each day. At this point, it is more of the fatigue the pain causes than the actual pain of it. I'm fine with a little bit of pain, as long as I don't feel tired all the time. I wonder if all the water I've had to drink to try to help with kidney stones is helping the removal process. Since water helps the skin heal, it seems like it could be possible.
Your own treatments look to be going really well. Not having color on my own, it is interesting to see how they look after each treatment.
I think it's good, not only to give the skin a break for a little while sometimes, but the brain, too. The longer I wait in between treatments, the more I forget about how bad it felt.
I feel like the clinic where I get my treatments must be reading this blog. A day or two after my last post, they sent an e-mail giving me 5% off of my next appointment, as long as I made it within a month ... so I had to take them up on that. So, I should be due for a new update at the end of May.
If you can remember, try to get some pictures of yours every few months, if you are going to be taking a break from it. I wish I had done the same to see just how much it faded without getting anything done.
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