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that's rad man :cool:

I couldn't find many examples either for kitsune ideas when I was looking around, but I just asked Seth Wood if he wanted to draw one for my back - fortunately he was interested. I think you just have to find someone you trust and go for it!

I've been diggin: RH Wells Grimey Tomas Tomas Kenji Alucky Greggletron Nathan Kostechko Alexander Grim Seth Wood

wow - how big is the piece? I have about 6 sessions in so far on two arm sections. 3 with traditional and 3 with pico on very recent and very dark black and grey work. it's definitely working, but a little slower than hoped. I think I am going to do 9 sessions total. paying $350 for about 20 minutes of laser time. trying to do a cover-up.

I might have to ask the office for the before pics. I am too lazy to take pics. sorry :/

and that's why Mike's the expert :D sorry I might have been exaggerating about the 3x faster (and the gout!) - but they do seem to make you think it could work 2x faster. thanks for a dose of realism. guess we'll find out more as time goes by.

thanks Mike good to know that the popping should subside a bit. I don't even want to know what those new machines cost.... I'll see if anyone chimes in on the new thread I started regarding the pico.

Anybody out there had any treatment with a picosecond laser? I think the only one out right now is Picosure from Cynosure.... the marketing would have you believe this is the best thing in 20 years, will remove tattoos 2-3x faster, cure gout, etc. I believe the first units shipped within the past month or so. I personally visited a physician in my area that recently took delivery in hopes of speeding up a lightening of my arm for a cover-up. I have a very dark black and grey section about 4x7" that is being worked on. I am already 3 sessions in with a Nd:YAG (I think that's right), and had my fourth session with a Picosure machine last week. Only negative was that I didn't have the option of a cold air machine with the Picosure - but the pain was manageable and seemed less than the standard laser treatment. Can't really tell much so far - other than I think the doctor had it turned up pretty good as I blistered a bit. I'm hoping for good things, we'll see. Oh, as for price... I was quoted the same price as I was paying for a standard treatment (different facilities), so kind of a no brainer for me to try the Picosure out. Would love to hear anybody else going this route. PS I probably sound like a shill - but I am sort of excited if this will work faster. I wasn't too pleased with how my treatment was going after 3 sessions with the Nd:YAG .... PPS Here's a list of doctors that have the Picosure in the US: PicoSure Physicians

Mike thanks for the insightful response - I look forward to more videos. I have had blisters as my treatment has become more aggressive, but not massive blisters so I thought I'd ask your thoughts. I recently had a treatment with Picosure, which I am hoping will speed up the process. It did seem less painful, so I'd say that's a plus too. Have you worked with Picosure or have plans to? actually I see that I can post a thread now so I am going to start one on Picosure.....

have you considered looking into the pico laser stuff that's out now? it's supposed to work faster/fewer sessions. I want to start a new thread on that one but don't seem to be able to...

it actually sounded like a good deal for the employees - I wonder if it worked out for the company. they did get a lot of good free advertising for the stunt though. wonder if they're still honoring it after the week has gone by :) and yeah... I totally would have done it.

thanks for posting a nice little video. on the topic of nasty internet information and blisters.... I've seen some pretty nasty blisters and had a few myself... I noticed as the treatments got more aggressive I did get more blisters, but nothing unmanageable. Would you say treatments should be almost blister free? Or does it just depend on how aggressive you want to get?

Like a lot of people I've gone for the keep it clean 2x a day for the first few days (dial soap or something from a pump) covered with Aquaphor and then switched to Aveeno green top lotion. Nothing too special - but it has worked without any issues. I will say that the only time I've had trouble healing was when I didn't keep the area clean. I wore the same shirt for a few days and my chest tattoo got a bit red and irritated - a small section that had more damage to the skin than the rest. Once I kept the tattoo clean and covered with a clean bandage it healed up pretty quick over the next few days.

I'm gonna be generic and vote ribs as my most painful... but I haven't had my hands, neck or ass tattooed yet :p arm ditch gets a very close second! and getting tattooed without a month of rest between has generally been a bad idea for me.

love Xam's work - thanks for posting that up it looks awesome. anybody know if he visits the US?

do you have any pics of your old school tattoos? ...I used to have a red merle mini-aussie. they're pretty hilarious.

yeah I'd like to get some more pieces from Nathan at some point. I like the dot skulls he does. I will try to get some more pics up at some point. thanks!

I posted this on my introduction thread, but I just got the tattoo last week so why not post it here too.... Got my first tattoo from Nathan Kostechko while he was doing a guest spot at Ink and Dagger. a little snake with pattern on my chest - almost didn't get to put a pattern in because he doesn't travel with his patterns, but there was a book at Ink and Dagger we were able to use. I wanted an asanoha pattern, but I think this worked out nicely.

haha I wish I had Nate around to do all my tattoos - not that I don't like what I have. no, the snake is the only tattoo I have from him. the other stuff on my torso is from Russ Abbott and my arm/shoulder peeking out is Kurt Fagerland. thanks for the welcome.

Hello - just trying to follow the rules here and do an introduction! Been lurking for a bit - looks like everyone's got some nice tattoos on here. Maybe I should have checked this place out before I got started. I live in the South (US) and have been getting black and grey tattoos so far. I am interested in tattoo removal, particularly for cover ups. Hoping to post over in that forum at some point if I'm allowed to. I don't know how many tattoos I have, but it's more than I should have in the time I've been getting them. I got a snake recently - pretty happy with it. Obviously I don't care to say too much on the internet, so I'll leave it at that!