To Tat or Not to Tat?

Ahhh the journey of my horrible ankle tat has been a long one. She's been with me for 10 years now and her life is finally seeing its last days. I had my third laser procedure performed a couple of weeks ago and she's looking fabulous! I can't believe how long it's taken to remove the butterfly but after this procedure, I like the way things are going. Below I will take you through my journey from start to finish!

BEFORE 1ST PROCEDURE: Here is the evil tattoo, before her demise! Apparently, when I was 17, I thought it would be really cool to have a tattoo on my ankle for everyone to notice. Not such a good idea when you're an adult business woman.

1ST PROCEDURE: This photo is about a week after my first laser removal procedure. When I discovered that my skin is very allergic to Neosporin. Who would have ever thought?? Basically the laser breaks down the ink and it rises to the top of your skin, as shown here.



AFTER 1ST PROCEDURE: And once everything healed properly, this is how I was looking after my first procedure. I have to say, I was pretty disappointed that she was still so prominant. Although her yellow and black had faded significantly. But hey, what did I expect??

2ND PROCEDURE: After my 2nd laser procedure, things got pretty puffy. This is pretty gross but for those that have yet to experience, I must show you everything! Basically this is the worst part because the area is at it's most sensitive point. If anything touches it, ouuuuch!

AFTER 2ND PROCEDURE: Of course I forgot to document the after pictures from the 2nd procedure, but she was still lingering... the doctor said it would probably take 2 or 3 more procedures to be completely removed.

3RD PROCEDURE: Finally I have had my 3rd laser procedure performed and I am so excited with the results thus far. You can see here that she's diminished so much that there's not a whole lot to the scabbed area.

AFTER 3RD PROCEDURE: And finally we have the results! Although, I just got it done a couple of weeks ago so she is a little red and irritated, needs some sun, you see that I'm almost ready to pull out the pencil skirt and heels! I've never had the freedom to wear a nice business skirt, or a cocktail dress without having to conceal this tattoo, which normally takes a good 20 minutes to complete.

I'm so excited and owe it all to the staff at the Dallas Tattoo Removal Clinic!