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DIY Tattoo Removal

nobody@vox.com(Virtual Ink Tattoo Blog) — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:06:28 -0800

DIY Removal - If You're Going to Remove It.. Why not Do it Yourself

Do it yourself DIY tattoo removal is growing in popularity 2nd to laser tattoo removal. Tattoo removal studies estimate nearly half of all people with tattoos in the U.S. will consider removing at least one tattoo or getting a cover up tattoo. And more and more people each day are searching for affordable, DIY tattoo removal to do at home.

DIY tattoo removal is not a magical overnight solution to instantly remove your unwanted tattoo. Removing your own tattoo involves time, patience, and a honest commitment of sticking to the process.

Although tattoo removal can be a frustrating process, you have to make yourself stick with the process in order to see fading results.

Several benefits of do-it-yourself tattoo removal are:
1. Affordable -- much less expensive in comparison to laser tattoo removal
2. Private – a personal process in the privacy of your home
3. Convenient -- you schedule a good time in your day
4. Less Pain – little to no discomfort
5. Low Risk – less chance for scaring or infection

Lifestyle, finances, convenience, and potential risks are all very personal choices specific to how you choose to remove your own tattoo. Determining if DIY tattoo removal is the way you should remove your tattoo, is another tattoo decision that "you" must decide for yourself.

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Reasons for Tattoo Removal

nobody@vox.com(Virtual Ink Tattoo Blog) — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:37:46 -0800

Avoidable Reasons for Tattoo Removal

name tattoo removal reason

When it comes to reasons for tattoo removal, most of the popular reasons for tattoo removal are also avoidable.

One of the most common reasons for tattoo removal is removing a name tattoo after a relationship breakup.

A big reason tattoo removal is growing more popular is because many people searching for tattoo removal neglected to research how to get a quality tattoo. Bad tattoos are happening at unprecedented rates to first time tattooers by amateur tattoo artists.

Another growing trend in tattoo removal centers on career and social issues. Large and/or visible tattoos are impacting people creating challenges for professional advancement in certain jobs and business settings.

Although people are known to be creatures of habit, people are also known to be creatures of change. One of the most common reasons for tattoo removal comes from no other reasons then just needing to make personal changes.

It’s wise to remember life happens, and sometimes it happens to present reasons that warrant a person to remove a tattoo. But most reasons for tattoo removal are avoidable with a little reasonable forethought.

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Home Tattoo Removal

nobody@vox.com(Virtual Ink Tattoo Blog) — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 12:10:58 -0700

“How To” Advice for Home Tattoo Removal

If you are wondering how to get rid of your tattoo, you have a few options. You can hide it, cover it up with another tattoo, or remove it. And, if you are tired of hiding your tattoo, and really just want to get rid of the unwanted ink the answer some sort of tattoo removal.

It’s a widely known fact that removing tattoos with lasers can be expensive, uncomfortable, and not always complete, with lighter color inks difficult to target and remove with lasers.

Okay, so again your wondering how do you remove your tattoo without lasers? The answer is DIY home tattoo removal. Removing your own tattoo at home is not as insane as it sounds. Wreckingbalm® is an example of a new innovative “how to” approach to “do it yourself” tattoo removal that makes DIY tattoo removal easy, effective, and affordable.

List of Items:

Unwanted tattoo
Camera
Clock or timer
WreckingBalm® System
Three Minutes
Access to Water
Hand Towel
Patience

Step one: Take a “Before” photo. Carefully read the WreckingBalm® manufactures instructions on the back of the package. Set up your towel and timer near a sink making it easy to rinse skin between steps.

Step two: Clean the area of tattoo skin. Remove the hand device from the box. Insert the batteries (supplied) as instructions indicate. Unwrap one of the DemoMatic heads and secure onto the motorized device. Dip the Demomatic™ into the Suffusion™ Gel. Apply light pressure and gently move the DemoMatic™ device for a maximum of 45 seconds to create a duel method of accelerated exfoliation. Rinse tattoo skin area and pad skin dry with towel.

Using the Demo-Brasion™ Spray, cover tattoo skin with mist of the specially formulated skin peeling spray to penetrate down deeper into the skin for increased fading. It is normal to experience a slight tingling sensation. Leave on skin for 90 seconds.

Step Three: Rinse skin thoroughly and pad dry. Apply Hydravescent™ Cream with botanical ingredients that soothe skin as well as lighten the appearance of the tattoo from the surface down.

Repeat the three steps above three times per week, until satisfactory tattoo removal is achieved. And remember DIY tattoo removal does not happen overnight, but if you keep at it soon the tattoo you couldn’t wait to get rid of will be gone.

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Reasons to Remove Tattoos

nobody@vox.com(Virtual Ink Tattoo Blog) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:44:14 -0700

When it comes to reasons for wanting to remove tattoos, many people share the same reasons for changing their minds about having tattoos.

One of the most popular reasons to remove tattoos is the ever-changing “Change of Heart.” Relationship breakups and wanting to remove tattoos of an ex’s name are at the top of the reasons for removal list. Getting a name tattoo of some else’s name is not a good idea for a tattoo today and obviously not tomorrow.

Poorly designed, bad tattoos are spreading like wildfire; and continue to be a burning reason for tattoo removal. The ink invasion of people getting first time tattoos by “first time” amateur tattoo artists is really causing some serious tattoo damage.

The moment of mirror reality is another top reason to reflect about removing tattoos. The mirror supposedly doesn’t lie, or is it the scale? I really doesn’t matter which one, as both weight and visible skin aging can be brutally unkind to tattoos. Wrinkles and sagging skin, weight loss or gain are all reasons for tattoo removal.

Career and Social issues are often reasons for wanting to remove tattoos. Large and or visible tattoos can present career challenges, as often tattoos are looked upon as inappropriate in many professional positions and business settings. Weddings are big life events that have brides-to-be removing tattoos before walking down the isle on their wedding day.

While it’s said we are creatures of habit, we are also creatures of change. People change their views on faith, religion, politics, philosophy, views on world issues, future goals, and yes tattoos too. Wanting to remove a tattoo that over time the meaning has faded, leaving a not-so meaningful tattoo behind is a very common reason to remove tattoos.

And, of course there are those times in life when it's just time for a change. This is also one of the most common reasons for tattoo removal. Fade and remove an old existing tattoo, to replace it with a fresh new cover up tattoo design.

Along the way, life happens, situations warrant change, and reasons arise to remove tattoos.

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Tattoos Conflict Society

nobody@vox.com(Virtual Ink Tattoo Blog) — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:06:01 -0700

Tattoos Rival Society Fashion

Low class society tattoo

Tattoos seem to have everyone going in conflicting directions. Society’s sense of fashion is known to originate from the lower class imitating the wealthy upper caste such as famous celebrities on television, in the movies, and in the media limelight. However tattoos conflict society's natural cycle and rival fashion, as we know it.

While style trends stem from the upper class, high class society is also the reason fashion is fleeting. There is an enduring urge among upper society to distinguish superiority through appearances. So just as the lower class fashion followers begin imitating “the in” fad of society, the trend fades in the shadow of the next emerging fashion.

However, tattoo trends are a bit of a phenomenon, challenging ever sense and meaning of fashion. Tattoos, an ancient primitive practice originating from uncivilized cultures, are a means of distinguishing one’s outward appearance, be it to conform with or to stand out from society; yet tattoos are labeled as perhaps the largest fashion affair of all time.

When it comes to defining fashion, the trend is for society’s lower class to mimic the upper class, unless however referring to the fad of tattoos. When defining the tattoo fashion trend, celebrities, professional athletes, and the rest of the upper societal echelon owe thanks to the prostitutes, bikers, prison mates, and circus freaks deemed substandard, after all these are the original tattoo trendsetters, they have mimicked their fading tattoo fashions after.

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Fabulous, Famous, Females with Tattoos

nobody@vox.com(Virtual Ink Tattoo Blog) — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:01:02 -0700

Female Celebrity Tattoos

These days, Hollywood's hemlines and heel heights are not the only female celebrity fashion trends adoring fans find fascinating. Today, hot Hollywood trends include baby bumps, starvation diets, jail time, and the hottest trend by far is celebrity tattoos.

Female celebrity tattoos are greatly responsible for lifting the dirty, deviant stigma of tattoos and body piercings, with tattoos now the latest “must have” fashion accessory in Hollywood.

Celebrity tattoo starlets Angelina Jolie, Megan Fox, Pamela Lee Anderson, Natalie Portman, and Scarlett Johansson are just a few of the many female celebrity icons redefining society’s tolerance of tattoos.

Megan Fox and Angelina Jolie are two tattoo addicted female celebrities that proudly stop to strike poses on the Red Carpet exposing their adorned eccentric bodies of ink.

Megan Fox, the 22 year-old Transformers star a.k.a. The Foxy Femme is well known for her nine tattoos on her body, which fans view this celebrity’s tattoos as adding to her beauty, making her look more wild and rough. Evidently so with 9.7 million voters of FHM magazine voted Fox the Sexiest Women of 2007.

There is no doubt the growing social acceptance of tattoos is the result of female celebrity tattoos; women in the midst of constant social media scrutiny, who assert their individuality by revealing they are celebrities with tattoos.

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New Tattoo Removal Fades Love Scars

nobody@vox.com(Virtual Ink Tattoo Blog) — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:05:07 -0700

Foreverme

Fortunately for those fearlessly foolish and madly in love believing in the false realm of forever there are now several methods of tattoo removal available today.

The length of time Forever truly covers really doesn’t register when you are madly in love, but it sure does give you awake up call after the divorce dust settles. And for all of those unfortunate with unwanted tattoos of their ex- spouse's name etched in ink now love scars in the skin, forever is painfully long.

Among the popular and well known is laser tattoo removal. In fact tattoo regret and the desire to remove mistake ink from the past is so common that laser tattoo removal is conveniently offered in the studios and shops of many tattoo artists.

Although lasers have surged in popularity they have not won the popular vote at the polls, and the majority of those branded with unwanted ink signifying the past, are not lining up for laser treatments to undo their tattoo woes. In fact laser tattoo removal treatments are considered unpleasant, uncomfortable at best and often down right painful, as well as extremely unkind to the wallet.

Yet again, fortune along with technology give way to the next generation of tattoo removal incorporating variations of enduring removal methods to create new processes such as in-home tattoo removal systems.

WreckingBalm® Tattoo Fade and Removal System has recently become a pop culture buzz in tattooing. The WreckingBalm® system presents an effective, non-painful, and reasonable affordable alternative to lasers for removing an unwanted tattoo.

In the end, forever is not, life happens; situations change and tattoos get removed. With lasers and the recent newcomer Wrecking Balm® in home tattoo removal the heavy burden of forever and the brutal scar of your love tattoo can be removed lifting the weight of tomorrow’s tattoo regret.

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Tattoos: Too Trendy, Too Popular what’s Next?

nobody@vox.com(Virtual Ink Tattoo Blog) — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:50:16 -0700

Have Tattoos Become Too Popular? What’s Next for the Rebels?

We’re always on the lookout for the next fashion trend. These trends can be fascinating and outlandish to say the least. But, just when you think you’ve seen it all, the next trend to move through is surprising yet again.

One trend that continues to amaze fashion followers is the increase and ongoing tattoo trend. It is absolutely shocking that tattoo popularity has grown so widespread, that these once rebel-wear designed are now considered a fashion trend.

Beautiful back

Over the last decade it seems tattoos, once viewed as a deviant, low class acts that singled out the troublesome rebels in a crowd lost their ground, and have been swept away by the mainstream America. Now trendy, tattoos are considered stylish, cool, and the fashionable way to “accessorize”.

This may come as yet another surprise: just the young and wild generation are getting tattoos so are hordes of sweet little nanas and grandmas, followed by the Suzie and Sally soccer moms. They’re all getting down and decked out with tattoo designs of roses and hearts. And, don’t think for a minute that these soccer moms are simply rebels that have grown to hate their tat as they matured into motherhood. Many of these women are flocking into tattoo parlors throughout the nation with their kids in tote to get the latest in America’s fashion trend.

But the point of fashion is that the trends come and go. So what do you do with all the tattoos once this ink-baring trend comes to an end? Will the tattoo trend ever truly fade away? How can it with these permanent marks of fashion being etched in the skin forever?

Fortunately the increase in tattoo popularity has forced an increase in the need for varying tattoo removal methods. From laser removal clinics to in-home tattoo removal methods, there is now relief to those who hate the sight of their tattoo, regardless of current trends.

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Homemade Tattoos - A Recipe for Tattoo Regret

nobody@vox.com(Virtual Ink Tattoo Blog) — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:58:22 -0700

A Recipe for Disaster an Outcome of Tattoo Regret:

So we’ve probably all wondered how one makes a homemade tattoo. We’ve seen many people wearing these less than attractive tattoo designs on their arms and legs. Known for looking homemade, India Ink tattoos, are closer to the skin’s surface than most tattoos, because they are one, done by individuals and not professional tattoo artists but, two, they are not made of the same ink pigments as professional tattoos and therefore do not hold the same brightness as other ink pigments. So exactly how does one make a homemade tattoo? The ingredients and directions are listed below, but just to fair warn you, this is exactly how you can send yourself into a spiraling frenzy of tattoo regret.

Homemade Tattoo

Ingredients:

1 Bottle India Ink (black liquid acrylic)

1 Razor

1 Thin Tipped Marker

1 Medium Size Cooking Pot

1 Roll of Paper Towels

1 Sewing Needle

1 #2 Pencil

1 Spool of Thread

6 Cups of Water

2 Gloves (optional)

Directions:

First turn your stove top burner to high and bring water to a boil. Once the water is boiling, dip the sewing needle into the boiling water for fifteen minutes; this will sterilize the needle. Once sterile, remove needle and place on a clean paper towel for thirty seconds to let it cool.

With your thumb and index fingers, take the sterilized needle and place it alongside the eraser of the number two pencil. The tip of the needle should protrude a ½ inch further than the top of the pencil eraser. The needle should not be placed in the center of the eraser. The sharp side of the needle should be facing up.

Wrap the thread tightly around the erasing end of the pencil where the needle is touching. Wrap it several times to hold the pencil and the needle tightly together. The pencil acts as a handle for the tattoo artist.

Once the needle and the pencil have been tightly fastened together with several layers of thread, carefully wrap the thread around the protruding ½ inch tip of the needle two times leaving the last 1/16th of an inch exposed. Tie the thread off and make a knot to ensure it does not unravel.

You’ll want to burn the 1/16th of an inch exposed portion of the needle with the flame of a lighter, for thirty seconds to a minute, for sanitation. Place on clean paper towel.

Next you’ll want to take the razor and shave any body hair from the surface of the intended tattoo area; then using a thinly tipped marker, draw tattoo design onto skin.

Open the bottle of India Ink and dip the ½ inch tip of the needle into it for ten seconds, or until the thread has absorbed the ink. Do not leave needle tip submerged in ink for too long, as you do not want excessive dripping.

Holding the middle of the pencil, using it as a handle, begin pricking the surface of the skin with the top of 1/16th of an inch of the needle which is exposed and not wrapped with thread. It is necessary to puncture the skin but not unnecessarily deep.

Be sure to wipe away excess ink as needed with clean paper towels. Now cross your fingers and pray as you look down at what you have just done to yourself. You have given yourself a means of tattoo regret. It may look good for the next day or so, or even the next couple of months, but keep in mind that years from now, this tattoo will be slightly faded and a pure reminder of your younger, less thoughtful days.

Tattoo Removal Reality only advocates professional, hygienic, tattooing methods and in no way promoting homemade tattoos. This fictional "Recipe for Disaster" is intended for educational purposes only. Tattoo Removal Reality is not responsible for the misuse of this information. This is not to be used by children under the ages of 18 without the consent of a legal parent or guardian.

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Laser Tattoo Removal: Who’s your Doctor?

nobody@vox.com(Virtual Ink Tattoo Blog) — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:05:27 -0700

Finding a Laser Tattoo Removal Doctor that’s Right for you…

As tattoos increase in popularity so does the want and need for tattoo removal. This is a classic example of supply and demand. With tattoo regret on the rise there is also an influx doctors jumping aboard the lucrative gravy train of tattoo removal. These doctors are eager to fire up their new lasers to practice tattoo removal.

Cheerful Nurse

If you are scoping out your neighborhood for a doctor to remove your unwanted tattoo, it’s important to keep in mind that the title “physician or surgeon” does not necessarily qualify the individual to perform tattoo removal laser surgery. Certified training, actual experience and proven results are necessary for a safe and effective treatment.

It may be completely legal for some physicians or even nurses to perform laser tattoo removal treatments, but this does not mean that he or she has been qualified with the proper training. It does not mean that they have had hands on patient experience, and proven results under their belt. So, if you are thinking of getting a tattoo removed, be sure to take the appropriate steps to ensure that you are getting safe and effective results.

One of the biggest and first steps to removing an unwanted tattoo is researching the different options available to the remove tattoo, including laser treatments, microdermabrasion, surgical excision, and skin-peeling methods. Then consider your budget and the estimated costs of each removal method. Next, determine which removal method works within your budget, provides you with your desired results, and is something you can commit to doing. All methods have different levels of pain, varying lengths of treatment times and provide different results, so be sure to think about what you are hoping to achieve.

It’s important to do your homework if you are considering laser tattoo removal. Be sure to research the reputation of several doctors and medical practices offering this type of procedure. Keep in mind that you will be frequenting the practice often for numerous treatments so it is important not only to select a doctor with a good reputation, but also one you are comfortable asking questions, and one that is conveniently located to your place of work or home.

Once the search for a reputable doctor has been narrowed, schedule an initial consultation with each potential laser removal doctor. This will provide some valuable insight about the facility, the doctors, and the nurses assisting them.

Inking a tattoo

Before your appointment be sure to write down a list of questions and any concerns you may have. Number each item to review with the doctor in order of priority so you can answer your most critical questions first.

Your list should include such items as:

Find out who will be administering the laser treatments? If he or she is not administering the treatments, ask to meet the person who will be, and ask for their title, training and qualifications.

Asking the doctor’s recommendation on the best removal options for you – when providing you with a recommendation your doctor should be considering the size and location of your tattoo along with your skin type.

Asking are there any unique issues or risks you should be aware of given your location, size, and depth of your tattoo?

Discuss realistic expectations and outcome of procedure specific to your tattoo.

Since it takes several different types of laser removal devices to remove all tattoo colors and inks, ask the doctor to write down on your notes the name of each laser and what type of laser it is that he will be using on each color in your tattoo.

Find out many years have the doctor has been performing laser tattoo removal?

Ask what type of certification training have they completed?

Find out how many patients have they fully completed laser removal on?

Ask to see before and after photos of the patients you can review (note you want to see the doctor’s patient pictures vs. stock photos from a laser company)

Ask for a copy of a price quote of how much each treatment costs and how many treatments are expected to reach the desired outcome you discussed earlier.

Lastly, ask the doctor if you can be put in contact with one or two of his former patients for referrals.

Remember, it’s important to write down your questions ahead of time and bring a pen to your appointment this way you can write down and important factors you want to remember and any additional questions that you’ll want answered. Keep in mind that removing a tattoo takes time and commitment.

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Virtual Ink Tattoo Blog

DIY Tattoo Removal

Reasons for Tattoo Removal

Home Tattoo Removal

“How To” Advice for Home Tattoo Removal

If you are wondering how to get rid of your tattoo, you have a few options. You can hide it, cover it up with another tattoo, or remove it. And, if you are tired of hiding your tattoo, and really just want to get rid of the unwanted ink the answer some sort of tattoo removal.

List of Items:

Unwanted tattoo CameraClock or timerWreckingBalm® System Three Minutes Access to WaterHand TowelPatience

Reasons to Remove Tattoos

Tattoos Conflict Society

Fabulous, Famous, Females with Tattoos

New Tattoo Removal Fades Love Scars

Tattoos: Too Trendy, Too Popular what’s Next?

Homemade Tattoos - A Recipe for Tattoo Regret

Laser Tattoo Removal: Who’s your Doctor?

Unwanted tattoo
Camera
Clock or timer
WreckingBalm® System
Three Minutes
Access to Water
Hand Towel
Patience