Wonder how many sessions he would need...and if it leaves scars.

Who knew I'd get 4 votes in less than 40 minutes posting at 2AM PST. Keep it up!

Something instinctive makes me want to move away from something making that kind of sound.

>> ^charliem:
Wonder how many sessions he would need...and if it leaves scars.


The technique for scar removal is fairly similar

Mark Wahlberg said in an interview that he was told it would take 10-14 treatments for some of his. He was up to 30 at the time and needed many more before they would be finally removed.

Does it hurt?

Yup. The laser boils the ink, which is embedded in the live tissue dermis, forcing it to evaporate and escape through the layers of skin. Boiling ink escaping as vapor through your skin. Yup, it hurts.>> ^ant:

Does it hurt?

>> ^RhesusMonk:

Yup. The laser boils the ink, which is embedded in the live tissue dermis, forcing it to evaporate and escape through the layers of skin. Boiling ink escaping as vapor through your skin. Yup, it hurts.>> ^ant:
Does it hurt?



Which hurts more? Getting a tattoo or boiling it away?

Apparently boiling it away is much more painful... and it happens many many times. YAY for regrets.

well its the new body mod rage... get all fuqed up looking then get it reversed just for the removal scars. and maybe people will love you

That is the loudest and brightest Ctrl+Z I have ever heard/seen.

and I got the impression from the conversation he was planning on replacing it with more tattoo >> ^Kofi:

Apparently boiling it away is much more painful... and it happens many many times. YAY for regrets.

From their discussion, it seems like he was planning to only remove portions that he no longer found aesthetically pleasing. The skull, inverted pentagram, and iron cross seemed to be obvious iconography that one might "outgrow". I'm not sure what was removed on the upper right portion on the woman's face. My guess is that he still enjoys the body art in general, but wanted to clean it up a bit into something that better reflects his current taste.

The doctor (technician?) mentioned about 3 more treatments for the shading, which seems rather short to me. I've had friends and relatives that have needed 10+ treatments and still have faint shading. Since she also mentioned covering up, I'm assuming he intends to get further work done to replace what was removed, and therefore doesn't need to completely obliterate the underlying shading.

>> ^dannym3141:

Something instinctive makes me want to move away from something making that kind of sound.


Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers;
A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked;
If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers,
Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?

How much of the "instant off" is due to ink removal and how much due to skin reaction?

does this make 2nd degree burns?

Aw man you could totally fuck with the Yakuza with one of these!

I want to get this done but it costs all the money.

I wonder how much that tattoo cost in the first place?

It's not as instant as it seems. The skin responds immediately to the burning, but the ink will still be well visible after the burn has healed.

If the tattoo was done by a professional, it will take fewer sessions and be more complete. Amateur tattooists can penetrate your skin too deep making removal much more difficult or just impossible.

The pain is pretty bad and, yes, worse than the original tattoo. Getting a tattoo feels like someone dragging the tip of an Xacto knife backwards over your skin, whereas the laser feels like drops of boiling oil being repeatedly splashed onto your skin.

The laser if wielded by an experienced practitioner (typically not a doctor) will not leave a scar, however the inexperienced may use too much power which causes a more severe burn and does leave a scar, unfortunately. So if you're going to have it done, make sure the person performing the procedure has had many, many hours of experience.

at 1:30 the tattoo looks exactly like Admiral Ackbar