I have no other reason to post this other than I ran out of people to tell about my decision to get my neck tattoos removed.
I will gladly field any questions the masses might have
Will it leave scars? Just curious.
Nope! I was under the impression that it left scars or at least pigment free spots. I was wrong. It breaks the ink into tiny particles that get absorbed into the blood stream and flushed through the liver. I have had 2 sessions already and for 2 weeks after the first session, I was sure nothing changed, then of a sudden… Tiny ink less spots showed up. Over the next few weeks it faded more and more everyday.
Are they going to implant the tracking chip at the same time?
Not this time around… At the end of the 4 to 9 sessions. Right between my shoulder blades, just in case I escape from the yard and my owners can’t find me
Does it hurt?
How much $?
(I’m nosy)
It hurts more than anything in I have ever experienced before. I have scarification artwork that was done with a scapel w/out novacaine, and it hurts more than getting sliced with a scapel. It burns, real bad. It’s in pulses, so you hear this. THWAP THWAP TWHAP like 50x in 5 seconds on each side of my neck. It smells like burning flesh (imagine it… Your imagination is accurate). Yet after wards it’s just tender like a sun burn. Imagine. GLOBS of hot bacon grease, not little speckles of it, but huge rain drops of hot melted fat being thrown at a force you can’t fathom and hitting your neck with breakneck speed.
It costs 150$ every 6 weeks till its done. 0% financing for a year on every treatment though if I don’t have the cash right then.
Treatments happen once every 6 weeks? How many square inches are treated at one time?
So, once the tattoos are gone, you going to get some new neck tattoos to replace them?
1.5 inch circles on both sides. They are the insignia of the alliance to restore the old republic and the galactic empire. Alas, I care more about making a decent wage for my new wife and I than I do about awesome star wars tattoos on my neck
Yes once every 6 weeks. I schedule the next appointment on the way out
Nope. This is to save me from a life of turtle necks and cover up at my new corporate Jobby job
Very interesting, thanks for explaining.
I’ve thought about it some myself, but 1) I can’t afford it 2) mine are easily hidden 3) no corporate jobs in the future for me.
So if my son decides to finally get the six 1.5" letters on his lower back done, it would take him six sessions? Are there some colors they can’t remove?
No problem! Yeah I thought there would be no corporate job in my future, but I have been in the herbal supplement sales industry for over 5 years, and want to stay in it. My wife is a musical theatre actress with a gig on 42nd street in march and I figured it would be a heck of a lot easier for me to transfer in a national company than to find work in a family owned business like I had been working in. So I took it.
Do you regret getting the tattoos in the first place?
Do you think you will have any others removed (assuming you have others)?
Are you now willing to admit that all those people who said that neck tattoos were a bad idea were right and that you were wrong?
A little unfair, dontcha think?
We all make mistakes. I’ve made 'em and I’ve paid for 'em. Big stupid mistakes that you wouldn’t expect any non-retarded person to make. Oh yes. Regrets, I’ve had a few. People gave me good advice which I ignored because I thought I knew better. I was wrong. Embarrassingly and humiliatingly wrong.
But that’s my point; part of being a grown-up is understanding that you are fallible. It’s an important lesson, and people who fail to learn from it are best avoided.
Despite that, I’d be the last person to say that a person shouldn’t pursue their dreams and follow their heart’s desires. Just that, if your heart desires neck tattoos, you will end up with a valuable lesson in humility. Some of us have to learn the hard way.
I just saw a special on a former neo-nazi skinhead who had his face and neck tattoos removed after he left the racist/violent/nazi lifestyle.
I am in awe that anyone would undergo that pain. The film of him undergoing the treatment was just horrific.
So, I don’t have any questions, just a “whoa, hang in there” for someone undergoing that amount of pain.
Think of the money to be made if you could invent tat ink that fades completely after a couple of years.
I don’t think I’ll ever get inked, because I’m sure I’ll regret it later.