Can 100 Tca Remove Tattoos

If you don't know, now you know. BEFORE the laser doctors recommended tattoo removal to exist done using TCA [TriChloroacetic Acrid]. I'm blogging most this because in that location may be others who

(1) Have a darker skin tone and cannot find a suitable laser option to cater towards having their tattoo removed.

(2) I have seen not one Black picture testimonial for tattoo removal. I'm existence the guinea pig.

(iii) Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation treatment maybe as well costly (in the thousands) for some and desire a cheaper option. This kit cost me (including shipping from the U.s.a.) roughly £40. At that place is enough to last me the full course of tattoo removal. Plus from reading on forums/other websites where people had tried laser treatments they didn't always work, but the TCA did.

And please none of this exist conscientious LondonDiva etc etc etc. I'k grown, sensible and of course I'll be careful! You lot can do it yourself [which is what I'm doing and many others accept done] or you can pay hundreds for a cosmetologist to do information technology for you lot. You do it at your own risk the same way y'all entrust a cosmetologist to do information technology at your own risk. A document doesn't equate to them doing a proficient/not bad task. It'due south risky menses! The same way I relax my hair 3 times a year using a chemical without a cosmetology licence. I trust myself implicitly and if I felt I couldn't follow instructions I would pay the hundreds to have somebody else practice it for me. Plus I hate people telling me to be careful, all business organization aside I'm not a bloody idiot!

I DID MY RESEARCH!! Yes I did. Laser for black skins and tattoo removal, couldn't detect any sources and the cost was heaven high! This TCA kit I bought from a seller on Ebay or you can purchase directly from their site Yavonae. The Ebay seller ID is exactly the same, they sell from the US and send globally. In that location is a The states ebay store and one for the UK buyers also. I asked the almost important question about it being safe for blackness skins. It is safe for all skin colours as information technology doesn't penetrate deep into the melanin layers. It sheds a few layers at a fourth dimension which means you may have to do most 6 treatments every 6-eight weeks or then, so your tattoo removal may take up to a twelvemonth.

Some low-cal reading on TCA
Ink Busters
Tattoo Health

Some heavy AND Existent reading when information technology goes wrong.
Tinaister's Blog read from the lesser upwardly and go to previous folio for the next folio.
My REAL opinion on her TCA removal process

I personally would non accept put 7-8 coats of TCA on whatever tattoo. I did three coats (with a Q-Tip) on ii tattoos and 2 coats on 1 tattoo (as recommended in the instructions from Yavonae). The woman basically burnt herself hence all that blistering with all those layers. Neither did I do it and then the whole tattoo frosted before I was done., i frosted completely just my aim was simply to get 2-3 layers on and go out it at that. Frosting or not as before long as the TCA hits your pare, it's going to react weeks downward the line and pare off. So it makes sense hers blistered and weeped as desperately as it did. she applied it thick, your skin will react and peel very quickly and thickly hence blistering like that.

I sympathize the frustration an unwanted tattoo can bring, just folks be sensible ...7-8 coats!!. HELL TO THE NAW!! Plus I would just use 100% TCA (to be diluted downward) and steer away from these fancy named products. Aside from TCA what the hell was in Nuviderm. **shudders** You can utilise TCA for a host of things. Tattoo removal the maximum strength you are advised to apply is 50% TCA 50% Purified Water. (I used mineral h2o). Never do a face peel with 50%. I wouldn't practice a face peel anyway unless I could guarantee being in the house for 2 weeks solid. If you lot buy a kit from Yavonae EVERYTHING you need will be in the kit from vial, creams, anti-bacterial lotion, instructions, alcohol swabs, dropper, even a fan to cool downwards that bitch ass stinging. I advise to get the kit and NOT just the TCA chemic. Retrieve I told y'all.

A LOT of people say in their blogs/testimonials etc that after the first peel the tattoo looks brighter than it did pre-treatment. Even on the instructions that come from Yavonae it says that this is to be expected. The skin has shed exposing a new layer of skin hence the new 'brightness' and appearance of the tattoo.

What they (some people from what I've read) then go ahead and do is up the strength of the TCA on the next skin. WOAH!! Don't do that. Stick with 50% or lower it [for tattoos only] don't become higher up that at all.

Tattoo Location: 2 inner right wrist (1997-1999). 1 left bicep (1997)
Dark-green ink used.
Age: Tattoos are roughly x-12 years old.
Pare type: Blackness. [see picture below for my peel tone]. I have been brash that TCA is safety to apply on blackness skins as it doesn't penetrate deep into the melanin layers.

I Mixed 50% TCA with 50% water into a sterile drinking glass vial using a plastic dropper. This is the maximum forcefulness advised for tattoo removal.

I wiped the tattooed area with an alcoholic swab.

With a Q-Tip I applied the TCA only to the tattoo, advisedly covering the tattooed area lightly.

I permit it sit for about a infinitesimal and applied some other layer. I repeated this until I did ii-3 layers. By this time the solution was called-for [normal reaction] and itching. This is temporary and subsides. I braved information technology but the kit comes with a fan to cool the area. Don't bear upon it!

When the skin goes frosty it means it is working and the skin is reacting with the chemical. Fifty-fifty if it doesn't frost it's working.

Leave on for most 3-4 minutes, and gently rinse off with cool h2o. I applied wet cotton wool pads to the area every bit a compress afterwards. The area will still feel sore and perchance slightly bloated even for a few days subsequently. This is normal.

Twenty-four hour period 1: 6th February 2009

2 tattoos located on my inner right wrist. I applied 3 layers of 50% TCA. Slight frosting occurred. Area coated with anti-bacterial ointment post washing off with cold water.

one tattoo on left bicep. 2 layers of TCA. The whole area frosted.

Area coated with anti-bacterial ointment post washing off with common cold water.

Later about xv minutes the frosting disappeared.

Solar day two: seventh February 2009

Still swollen and a tad sore. The use of the anti-bacterial ointment is advised throughout the peeling procedure. The skin will commencement to expect a piddling rough. These are the layers that over the side by side ii week that will shed and lighten the tattoo. This process will demand to be done over a menstruum of time to remove the tattoo completely. Detect how it looks a little crude, this is normal and a sign you have covered the area with TCA whether it frosted or not. That area Volition peel in the next few weeks.

The next mean solar day the swelling has gone downwardly to the betoken where in that location is none. Area is flattened out, the skin looks and feels good. I'm more concerned most the peel in this area than the wrists if information technology goes wrong. It won't considering I'm THAT POSTIVE **grinning** It favours a mild skin burn.

Day 6: 11th February

I'thou still using the anti-bacterial ointment and will continue twice a day subsequently showering for the next 2 days. The tattoos are pretty dry now and the best manner to describe it, feels like tissue paper. I can feel the healing going on as it'due south itching [Proficient sign]. I must now guild some Emu Oil to assistance in the healing, which will speed it up. I have Emu Oil capsules which I will burst and use whilst waiting on my order. The slight hurting and swelling is gone totally.

I'll be interested to see how those brown edges heal upwardly. It said on the instructions that darker skins will go chocolate-brown/black, then I'm not worried...for now. Fingers crossed. I cannot wait for this area to peel equally it'due south itching a piddling chip.

Mean solar day 7: 12th February

The peeling now begins.

I was so worried the whole surface area would be pinkish! I kept on with the emu oil and kept information technology covered. It looks painful, but it wasn't, flaked off painlessly. At this stage I as well washed the area in the bath/shower with my fingertips and patted dry. You may call back drying it out is best but keep it moisturised with emu oil or Vitamin E Oil. It will peel regardless.

1st March

The healing went better than I expected. NO SCARRING! And it healed upwards pretty quickly. There is no show I used TCA on my pare. It took most a week to skin off. At this stage I didn't expect any color to come off [it states you may not get any colour removal and that the tattoo may look fresher than it did before], that'south because yous've removed a layer and the colour appears bright and the tattoo sharper. Where I've circled in red [click on picture show to overstate] is the only area where colour is slightly lighter. At this stage I'm happy. I did information technology correct, I wasn't burnt or scared and know what to await come the second treatment .

This area circled is the just part that noticeably faded. Upon peeling some areas went a fiddling white like too much skin had been peeled off, in a thing of days it turned back to my regular skin color. That scared me as I thought I may have over did it. Once again the tattoo seems darker and sharper. Every bit a layer of skin has been taken off I'one thousand fine with that as that'south what'south supposed to happen. And look that dark-brown ring effectually the tattoo in the previous pic...nothing to worry nearly, no remnants of information technology postpeeling.

What I'yard going to practise from now until the peeling begins in about two weeks.

Wash the area with Johnson'south PH 5.v with my finger tips only.
Keep the areas lotion gratis.
Apply only the anti-bacterial ointment to the areas, this protects the one-time and new skin coming in.
Keep the areas covered [with habiliment] out of direct sunlight.
Not apply whatever bandages or gauze's. As much equally I'm applying ointment I need the skin to heal and breathe.
I am going to purchase some Emu Oil to speed upwards and aid in the healing. If yous don't know well-nigh Emu Oil [yep oil from the fat of the Emu Bird] so get ta Googling. I've been using it for years. The facts its Groovy for burns and scarring will be good to use on my skin once the scabbing falls off before the next handling. Forget about Vitamin E Oil compared to this stuff, and it penetrates deep downwardly to 7 layers of skin.

I will be bumping this blog to the top and add to this one rather than create a new one each and every time, when I have a new update [which volition be weekly].

Any questions about how it feels, looks, the application, healing etc so feel costless.

I volition be praying over this...joking aside. I hope that information technology works out for me and anybody else that decides to go the same road.

Expert Luck whatever your method.

Remember to check for updates or re-read this go to the right hand side of my blog and click on label 'tattoo' that will bring up all weblog posts by myself tattoo related. Or you lot can type in tattoo in the acme left mitt corner of this page.

Updates:
7th Feb: The ii tattoos on the inner wrist seem to be itching slightly. I wasn't expecting the itch and then presently.

1st Apr: I'1000 going to do my 2nd Application this night!

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