iowagirl Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Anyone ever heard of this removal method? There's a shop near here that just started doing it. I don't quite get how it works exactly-the pictures on Facebook show dots on the tattoo, in a grid pattern, that almost look like indentations in the skin, but that might just be the lighting. I'd already made an appt for the coverup when this other shop started doing the removal. 'Course, the shop that is doing the removal is where I got the tattoos that I wanted covered up in the first place...and we're related so I was hesitant to inquire further, ha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cltattooing Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 I've never heard of anything like this, but the website describes the process as "escharotic," so I looked that up and it makes me nervous... Eschar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia seems like the procedure is an injection of their patented chemical into the tattoo site, causes the cells to die and reject the ink. Makes me think of what happens when injuries happen at tattoo sites and the ink falls out of the traumatized area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowagirl Posted May 28, 2013 Author Share Posted May 28, 2013 Yikes, that sounds freaky. Lemme see if this picture shows up https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151651970335446&set=a.480747930445.294451.353725300445&type=1&theater Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 that shit is nasty looking! I'll take the proven to work laser that doesn't make my skin look like a cheese grater... slayer9019 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
el twe Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Yikes, that sounds freaky. Lemme see if this picture shows up https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151651970335446&set=a.480747930445.294451.353725300445&type=1&theater What the f***?! That looks like a recipe for disaster! Either cover-up with a new tattoo or go laser, that just looks awful. else 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guitguy Posted May 28, 2013 Share Posted May 28, 2013 Woah! That's just down right creepy! Steps away from amputation! Ugh! Not with a ten foot pole! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowagirl Posted May 28, 2013 Author Share Posted May 28, 2013 I went to the shop's website and it showed that those dots turn into scabs and fall off and then it's your normal skin underneath. Some sort of injection into the skin that the ink gets absorbed into or something. Still, cheese grater is right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Panic Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 There's a tattoo shop in Maryland doing this. I'm kind of bugged out by it because there's no background info given / no FDA approval for how / why it works and whenever anything is marked proprietary I start to question what's in it. The results are somewhat impressive, but the procedure time is longer, it's invasive and who knows what the long term effects will be of it. At least laser treatments are FDA approved and there's 2 decades of proven history to go along with them. Graeme, jitterbug, beez and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisnoluck Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 i don't know what the hell "tepersol" is but if you want a tattoo removed that bad you should definitely just go with laser.. that shit looks pretty scary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timbur Posted June 3, 2013 Share Posted June 3, 2013 That looks terrifying. Makes my stomach churn just looking at it. Yikes. Worse case scenario, I'd rather just keep my botched ink than go through that mess. Sorry, but yuck. It just looks like acid eating away at your skin. I'd be to afraid to have my skin look like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riyko Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 i don't know what the hell "tepersol" is but if you want a tattoo removed that bad you should definitely just go with laser.. that shit looks pretty scary. What's even scarier is nothing comes up when searching tepersol, so you don't know the compound of it or anything so people don't know if they were to have it done if they are allergic to anything in it. also to comment on that, it looks really really gross :X Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Panic Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 On some Instagram / Facebook comments, I've seen a few people claiming the main ingredient / why it's working is because it's Lactic Acid. This is extremely troublesome since most commercially available lactic acid is derived from fermented milk. Set aside a minute here those who are vegan, milk is a government regulated commodity, Tatt2away hasn't been approved for FDA injection, so who knows where they are sourcing the lactic acid from, how it's being mixed and then the delivery method, via an open wound. Again, this is hearsay, please do not take it as truth, just what I've found in my own research. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valerie Vargas Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 I once had a customer show me this method that was being used on her foot tattoo (i tattooed something else on her arm) and it looked horrific. it did indeed take off the tattoo (mostly) in the spots where the treatment had taken place, but if anything it makes a cover up way harder because of the contrast between the 'skin' spots and the rest of the tattoo. she also said the scabs took months to heal, were incredibly painful to apply and heal, the area stayed swollen for weeks. she said the spots had to be over an inch apart due to the swelling, the person doing it told her. if a customer of mine brought me a tattoo in such a estate asking for me to cover it, i'd be very dubious as to take it on. google image search results. i'd say speak to your tattooer before you do anything, the tattoo you want covered up might not need such drastic removal, or simply a couple of laser removal treatments might be enough to evenly fade the tattoo away to allow a less heavy cover up. daveborjes, Mike Panic, SStu and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustDave Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 That looks bloody horrific. Steer clear please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Panic Posted August 16, 2013 Share Posted August 16, 2013 I've recently joined a private LinkedIn group for tattoo removal specialists, and this recently came up. All of the members, most of them doctors, have said this stuff leaves scars and changes the skin texture on the clients they've seen healed treatments on. tatB and cltattooing 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Panic Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Here's what another tattoo removal specialist is seeing from Tatt2away: Instagram After one session - he had already hit it with that "TATT FREE " where the have a tattoo machine hooked up with some solution and generally has good removal results but as u can see whoever did this dug too hard and each circle is now a scar - do yourselves a favor ad don't listen to cheap gimmick solutions Instagram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowagirl Posted August 26, 2013 Author Share Posted August 26, 2013 Wow-it sounds like a whole heap of a mess. How in the world did it ever get approved? Well, I know for sure I'll never recommend it to anyone. Thanks for the continued input everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Panic Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Wow-it sounds like a whole heap of a mess. How in the world did it ever get approved? When something isn't regulated, there is no need for approval. Just like tattoo pigment isn't FDA approved, neither is this stuff. As a consumer, you choose what it is you wish to buy and not buy though, after making an informed choice. My goal is to inform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowagirl Posted August 27, 2013 Author Share Posted August 27, 2013 Yeah, I forget not everything is FDA approved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasereast Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 You know sometime our body or skin cells might reject or oppose the inks what we are trying.but don't need to panic just try rest of it so might be useful for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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