Tattoo removal

Anybody on here had any diy tattoos removed?

How many sessions did it take and did they totally vanish

Some friends have, they tell me it’s more expensive and hurts a lot more than getting it done in the first place.

Get a decent cover tattoo as an option?

yes. hurts like nothing you can possibly imagine. works – but leaves a bit of damage. I gave up on mine after 4 sessions because of the damage it was doing to my skin (I’m white but fairly dark skinned and it was growing back without much pigment). 7 years later and there’s just a smudge there and a few faint lines, so I don’t even notice it any more. That one was all black, other colours might not be so easy to get off. Did I mention how much it hurts?

Much like tattooists there are both very responsible and competent laser removal specialists (often tattooist themselves) and then there are the cheap and nasty Scratcher equivalents.

Many places with offer a free patch test. Depending on where in the UK you are One Shot Charlie’s in the West Mids does removals with free patch testing.

Some friends have, they tell me it’s more expensive and hurts a lot more than getting it done in the first place.

Get a decent cover tattoo as an option?

Not an really an option 😕

Dot dot by Alpine160[/url], on Flickr

They stand out more in winter. I had an interview for a promotion last week and during the interview I noticed the CEO looking at my hand. Feed back from the interview was that my hand was a concern. I have a sleeve on my right arm that they don`t care about just the hand

chop your hand off? or keep it in your pocket whilst maintaining eye contact at all times?

Yep I’m in the process of getting one removed. It’s painful, more painful than having one done. I’m on session no.5 and although it’s faded, it’s not disappearing as quickly as I’d like. I’m going to give it another few sessions and if there’s no marked improvement then I might start looking into have it covered over.

those dots on your knuckles are the problem? they will be gone in no time.

Yup , had a dragon that went round my forearm and a large shaded horse off the other removed – THE MOST PAINFUL procedure ive every had – 9 sessions in total , months apart to allow full healing with plenty of e45 applied for weeks before each session . Only light scarring now that just shows went I get a sun tan .
I can recommend the New Life laser clinic in Wolverhampton , very professional and very knowledgeable.

Burn your knuckles so it blisters. Pick the scabs and the ink comes out. Painful but cheaper than laser.

The real issue is your employer, I’m not a fan of tattoos but frankly telling an employee that a promotion hinges on those dots is very poor IMHO.

The real issue is your employer, I’m not a fan of tattoos but frankly telling an employee that a promotion hinges on those dots is very poor IMHO.

Don’t you think it says a lot about a person that they would be mindless enough to self-inflict tattooed dots on their knuckles??

No offense AST, but your experiences with your potential employer are EXACTLY why it’s such a dumb idea to do something like this.

Getting all hoity about narrow-minded employers like the beautifully appropriately named “Leftyboy” won’t pay the mortgage!

Good luck with the removal…

Don’t you think it says a lot about a person that they would be mindless enough to self-inflict tattooed dots on their knuckles??

No. I does say a lot about judgemental people though. I thought we’d got over this antiquated attitude years ago. There are many suberbly talented, high achievers who’ve been inked from artists to Prime Ministers to business leaders.
Perhaps they should all have known their place.
A tattoo doesn’t define the person, narrow mindedness perhaps does.

Getting all hoity about narrow-minded employers like the beautifully appropriately named “Leftyboy” won’t pay the mortgage!

Are you using a different login? Seem to remember someone else with a very similar view point.

Everyone has done things that they may later come to regret. IMHO it very much depends on the position that the OP is aspiring to as to whether the tattoos may be a drawback. If he is dealing with customers to whom tattoos are a problem, for example gatsby, then it is probably inappropriate to appoint him. If the role is not particularly customer facing then I don’t really see a problem.

@gatsby Nice response,

the beautifully appropriately named “Leftyboy”

no idea why that’s an issue for you? What do you think “Leftyboy” means? It’s my STW name because I rode a Lefty fork way back when they were first out.

I guess the OP did this when he was much younger and I for one have done stuff In my youth I’ve regretted but I’m old enough and wise enough to have moved on.

A tattoo doesn’t define the person, narrow mindedness perhaps does.

Utter hogwash. I wouldn’t employ someone with self-inflicted tattoes across his knuckles, simple because, at some point in his life, he was stupid enough to make a ridiculous error of judgement and injure/deface him self in the most moronic fashion! You can’t even blame a misguided notion of aesthetics, or some sort of hackneyed commemorative gesture; this is just idiocy.
Again, no offence to the the OP – you’ve clearly now seen the error of your ways, but what on earth possessed you to do that in the first place?

What do you think “Leftyboy” means? It’s my STW name because I rode a Lefty fork way back when they were first out.

I understand exactly why you go by the name Leftyboy, which is why I pointed out the irony of you spouting such lefty nonsense. Do keep up…

“but what on earth possessed you to do that in the first place? “

Its one dot for every narrow minded self righteous forum warrior he has killed.
I think 😀

“Leftyboy”

🙂

Utter hogwash. I wouldn’t employ someone with self-inflicted tattoes across his knuckles

You are absolutely correct in this and you should be commended in your stance, I wonder how many able, knowledgeable and talented staff you’ve refused employment too simply on the basis of them being inked. Your business, your choice and ultimately your loss.
To say “utter hogwash” is, in my mind, another indicator of your narrow mindedness and bigotted attitude.
What happened in your past that formed such a strong and unmoveable opinion?

You are absolutely correct in this and you should be commended in your stance, I wonder how many able, knowledgeable and talented staff you’ve refused employment too simply on the basis of them being inked. Your business, your choice and ultimately your loss.

I can tell you exactly… I keep a tally of them by tattooing a dot on my knuckles for every one. 😉

understand exactly why you go by the name Leftyboy, which is why I pointed out the irony of you spouting such lefty nonsense.

I assume from the above that you lean to the right.

So a man with 4 dots on his knuckles cannot better himself yet a man who shagged a pig’s head is fit to be PM? A man who allegedly took cocaine and consorted with prostitutes is fit to be chancellor?

#edit – You really do sound like someone who previously posted. Ran a printing business in the north west I think.

They’ve got my vote… At least they weren’t stupid enough to tattoo themselves!

You can get as upset as you like about potential employers judging people based on their tattoo’s but that would just be ignoring reality. In many roles initial impressions do matter, so looking professional will help both in getting the job and when first meeting customers. It’d be nice if that wasn’t the case but it is, so if you want those sorts of jobs then consideration does need to be given to conforming with the mainstream.

One of my nephews is complaining about not being able to get a decent job but doesn’t help himself by going with a hairy, unwashed, leather clad Goth look. I suspect if he cut his hair, shaved and wore business clothes then it’d increase his changes of getting the jobs he applies for.

Very well put Steve. I wouldn’t even consider employing anyone that couldn’t present a professional, approachable and respectable public image.

So no tats, ‘flesh tubes’, visible piercings other than ears on ladies, no obese, no ugly, no sinister-looking, or those with a propensity for excess perspiration, no goths, no shifty people, or those with a predominantly melancholy countenance. Oh, and no Scottish and/or ginger.

Seems to be working rather well for me…

Same tattoo as Orwell.

They’ve got my vote… At least they weren’t stupid enough to tattoo themselves!

But they were not so narrow minded that they binned their wife after she got a tattoo.
A bit of enlightening reading for you.[/url] Just an eye opener into accepting that other people have choices and that you don’t have to be disparaging to people that think or behave differently to you. Don’t forget that your beliefs are being challenged every day as you can only be judgemental about visible tattooes.
EDIT: Nothing less professional that a judgemental bigot, like. 😉

I think all you tattoo-huggers are missing the point. Self-inflicted knuckle tattoos are NOT art, they are not symbolic or esoteric, the only ‘symbolism’ they could possibly claim would be to show that the owner is ‘a bit of a thug’.

the only ‘symbolism’ they could possibly claim would be to show that the owner is ‘a bit of a thug’.

😆

I understand exactly why you go by the name Leftyboy, which is why I pointed out the irony of you spouting such lefty nonsense. Do keep up…

No irony, the meaning of which I don’t think you really have got to grips with, just realism about acknowledging the people make mistakes and sometimes they sort themselves out and sometimes they don’t.

Bloody happy to stand up and be counted at least I didn’t vote for the present government who think fairness means giving to the rich and forget the poor!

Bloody happy to stand up and be counted at least I didn’t vote for the present government who think fairness means giving to the rich and forget the poor!

As I said, beautifully appropriately named… How ironic. 🙄

Not going to bother to reply any more after this to this obvious troll 🙂

Shibboleth lives!!!! 😈

And **** of the week goes to…….

So no tats, ‘flesh tubes’, visible piercings other than ears on ladies, no obese, no ugly, no sinister-looking, or those with a propensity for excess perspiration, no goths, no shifty people, or those with a predominantly melancholy countenance. Oh, and no Scottish and/or ginger.

Wow, you are a complete gentleman, you must have the ladies flocking to you

Can’t report any problems on that score Chubster… :p

The last bellend to troll like this was some fat cry baby called Adam G. He soon **** off when he realised what people thought about him!

they’ve got my vote… At least they weren’t stupid enough to tattoo themselves

Didn’t Winston Churchill have a tattoo ? (And his mother did too)

The last bellend to troll like this was some fat cry baby called Adam G. He soon **** off when he realised what people thought about him!

Was that Shibboleth?