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I got a lower back tattoo when I was younger and now regret this “stamp” (you know what kind). I was checking out this laser tattoo removal video online and it looks tolerable but I am still nervous. I have heard laser tattoo removal treatments hurt! Please give me some advice about what I should do!! Thanks
Hi
I won’t lie they do hurt some hurt about the same as a tattoo or less some hurt more depends on the ink used and placement.
Here is a extract of my tattoo ebook might help you a bit.
Laser Removal
Currently the most popular method of tattoo removal the use of lasers is still a long (usually a minimum of around 10 sittings, with up-to several months break in-between) and expensive method of tattoo removal. It can also be painful, sometimes more so than getting the tattoo done.
The results vary depending on the pigment red, orange, green being very difficult to remove.
Some irritation, blistering, soreness, and scarring are common with laser removal. However modern lasers can often keep scarring to a minimum. The effectiveness is dependant on the pigmentation of your skin, the age of the tattoo, and the inks used.
So what type of laser?
Argon laser
One of the first laser treatments from the late 1970’s to be used in tattoo removal. The results were somewhat limited as the laser often damaged the melanin within the skin. Over half of the patients were left with pigment remaining after treatment. Nearly a third were left with serious scarring.
This was because the wave lengths were too strong for the human skin to cope with and were solid (no pulses) so affected all areas of the skin, not just that of the tattoo pigment.
Carbon Dioxide Laser
This type of laser was a solid beam that scientists considered to be absorbed by the water in the skin, limiting the heat damage done at lower levels of the epidermis. This is known as thermal necrosis.
Later results showed that thermal necrosis was still happening and this type of laser was to be used with extreme care.
The idea was to vaporise the tissue containing the pigment in one sitting.
The results often led to thick scars in the shape of the tattoo and some pigment retention.
Q-Switched Ruby Laser
This is a laser that sends out pulses at nano-second intervals rather than being a solid beam of light.
The effect is that it dissolves the tattoo pigment and does not leave the same amount of thermal necrosis, reducing the scarring risk in the skin.
The disadvantages were that the removal could only be done at much lower power levels resulting in the need for several more sittings.
The risk of scarring is still possible although improvements in modern ruby lasers have reduced this dramatically compared to older lasers.
This does not remove the risk of scarring or skin discolouration.
Q-switched Nd:YAG laser
This type of laser is similar to that of the modern Q-switched ruby laser except that it has a longer wavelength.
This laser is particularly useful for those of a darker skin pigment or who have black or blue tattoos, as it is highly effective in the removal of black and blue, based pigments with minimum of scarring or pigment discolouration.
This type of laser is pretty much ineffective against other pigments and the initial treatments can be quite painful.This does not remove the risk of scarring or skin discolouration.
Q-switched alexandrite laser
This is the most modern of the three Q-switch pulse lasers, and is reportedly the one that initial test results are showing as having the least impact of pigment discolouration or scarring at the end of the treatment.
However this is the most expensive of the three to have a tattoo removed with.
This does not remove the risk of scarring or skin discolouration.
Tattoo removal by laser can take up-to a year and there is always a risk that the skin will have an allergic reaction, scarring, discolouration, or pigment retention at the end of the treatment. It is however still the most popular form of tattoo removal.
Take Care
Matthew
Slut shaming is a way to control women by making them feel ashamed by using their sexuality. It’s like telling a woman she shouldn’t wear make up or skirts because it makes herlook trashy or easy. Or that good girls don’t go out with boys. Or even reffering to lower back tattoos as tramp stamps as all, because obviously only whores get tattoos.
It’s a way of restablishing a traditional, subordiant role for women, by telling them their choices makes them a slut and that they should submit to the accepted norms for their gender.
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I got laser tattoo removal because I did not like one of my tattoos anymore and wanted to replace it for another one. The treatments are very effective and quick! Also I found it to be comfortable because I applied a numbing cream before the treatment. If you are still having doubts check out this. It should help to show what you can expect during the treatment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znitI9wF8Nk.
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If I am being honest my personal opinion is fuck what anybody else thinks about your tattoo.
If you like the tattoo but are being pressurised about it then tell to bollocks.
There is nothing wrong with lower back tattoos and it is not a ‘tramp’ ‘slut’ or ‘whore’ stamp. The same way my tattoos do not mean that I have spent a life behind bars and have the IQ of a dead dog.
Mostly people are just full of judgemental shit and will often use their relationship (family, peers, friends etc) to get a person to conform to their way of thinking without even regarding if what they are saying is unfounded, false, or hurtful.
If you really dislike the tattoo that much then laser treatment is not so bad – it does hurt but these days you can have a local (topical) anesthetic which will make it pain free (ish). I had it done on some scarring and the results were ok but not brilliant.
The fact is that laser treatments can leave scars and/or the outline of the tattoo so you may need several to completely demolish the area.
I would ask this why destroy a good tattoo?
Take Care
Matthew
Twenty years ago the title “Tamp Stamp” didn’t even exist…at least not where I was at. Women got tattoos in the small of their back because done well, they are sexy and accentuate their natural beauty. Since that is the idea, women began wearing clothes that shows tha tattoo, which naturally draws attention to their natural beauty…which in the end is the point after all.
Some of those women were also rather loose with their sexual morals, and therefore became known as sluts. The tattoo didn’t make them so, they just were. So somewhere along the line the tattoo became associated with sluttiness and thus became known as a tramp satamp, because tramp is a word for a woman of loose morals.
It is idiocy at its highest. Don’t let stupid people dictate your life. Wear the ink with pride and if they have an issue with your beauty, then screw em if they can’t take a joke. Better yet, screw em if they can.
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