Hi im deon, a moderator at a Megan Fox fansite. For the last few months there has been talk about Megan’s Marilyn Monroe tattoo. It was first noticed in January of this year that her tattoo appeared ‘faded’. I actually asked back in January at another forum im a member of(not a tattoo forum) and i was told that she isnt having it removed because all the “shading” in her tat would be gone after one treatment and her tat appears to be uniformly lighter.
Here are some pics
dec 2010
http://www.megansafox.com/gallery/albums/megan-fox-18dec10-hi/megan-fox-18dec10-hi-012.jpg
Jan 2011
http://desvestirmedia.com/wp-fotos/1295268135//megan-fox-golden-globes-2011-red-carpet-02-FP_6549434_6f036d291dd642fde881dd4f0ad7d6c0.jpg
April 2011
http://img17.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=64331__Alex6_2_122_368lo.jpg
what do you guys think?
Thanks in advance I will give this site a mention as the source if I get a response.
Hi
Looking at the the tattoo pics it would suggest that she is having laser treatments as the sun would not fade the ink to such as it would require a laser to breakdown the pigment in the skin.
As for all the shading going in one session have to say this is nonsense – ink dispersal works at various rates and depends on;
Type of laser used (prob a ruby Q or better in this case as black pigment tattoo)
The colour of the pigment.
The age of the tattoo.
The size of the tattoo.
The colour of the person’s skin.
A piece like that would take at least 6 hits of laser treatment and can take months between each session (sometimes shorter depending on individual) before you see the pigment breakdown and very unlikely all the shading would be gone in one go.
As for the actual removal not a bad idea really as that is not a great tattoo to begin with.
Take care
Matthew
Thanks for the quick reply. Very interesting post. A few questions though the tattoo seems to take a big jump in visibilty. The below pics are taken about 1 month apart. Is that normal? You say it could take a while to see the pigment break down
dec 18 set
http://www.megansafox.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=503
Jan 16 set
http://www.megansafox.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=508
Secondly is it normal for a tattoo to fade uniformly like it appeares to be doing?
lastly how confident are you that she is having it removed and not say covering it in make etc?
Hi Deon
The easiest pigment to remove is black from the tattoo and it can be done a month apart in certain cases for each laser session as their is no colour involved which is harder to break down (green being the hardest).
As for your questions;
Many people use body cosmetics when getting laser treatment done to even out the fading especially if they are very concious of it.
However if a person was using body cosmetics they would likely use it to cover the whole piece (but again who knows what is going through the mind of the person). They could use it to even out the fading.
As for fading modern lasers can be used for very tight packed areas that bombard the skin so it can be done on a very specific area or the whole tattoo.
If done on the whole tattoo fading varies – if done on a particular area you tend to see a bit more uniform fading – but every person is different.
It is impossible to say 100% from a photo due to photoshop and/or cosmetics – my opinion (and I am not an expert) is that there is some treatment going on but with seeing it direct in flesh and asking the person you can never be 100%.
Take care
Matthew
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