2023-05-20 04:00:00
500,000 Belgians get tattooed every year. But 20% of them express regret followingwards. What are the techniques to remove a tattoo and are they effective? We met Peter. After 18 years of love life and a separation, he wants to erase the first name of his ex-girlfriend.
Pierre has been married for 18 years. A love story that he wanted to print in his skin. He notably had his ex-girlfriend’s first name engraved on him.
“It’s a tattoo we did together. I had a life, she had a love, with our first names below. The regret of having done it? Certainly not, a little nostalgia for the good times spent together. But now, it’s a page that turns”.
Separated today, Pierre wants to make his three tattoos disappear. He made an appointment at a medical center. When he got there, a few fears popped into his mind: “I dread the pain because I have done some research and from what I have been told, you can feel it passing anyway”.
It’s still a little painful but it doesn’t last very long.
The practice is reserved for specialist and trained doctors. He is promised a result without scars. The operation is quick. It takes seconds for each tattoo. You have to be precise.
“You can feel it, but it’s okay. It’s a bit like a little cigarette burn, that’s kind of what it reminds me of”said Peter. “It’s painful inside the dermis, because it’s this impact that causes the ink to fragment and therefore it exerts shearing forces inside the dermis and that’s what is painful”explains Bruno Slaviero, specialist in non-surgical aesthetics.
The practitioner attacks the second and then the third tattoo and the pain is felt even more: “Oh, damn,” exclaims Pierre. “It’s still a little painful but it doesn’t last very long and it’s bearable. All stories have an end, we erase them”he confides at the end of this first session.
In addition to being painful, this method takes time. Pierre will need 10 sessions. Each spaced 6 to 8 weeks apart, almost a year and a half. You will have to suffer every time.
Tattoo removal is also a real business. The price varies according to the surface. To make his 3 tattoos disappear, Pierre pays €160 per session: €1,600 in total.
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