Can you tell me how to get...how to get to "tattoo free"?

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I'm only on day three after my first laser treatment, and so far each day is worse than the last.  I'm maniacally counting the days until it starts to feel normal again. 

The blister popped last night less than 24 hours after appearing. 

Here's the eye candy for the day...

Off to See the Wizard

Last night was my first visit to the wizard, the wonderful wizard of tattoo removal, AKA the Certified Licensed Laser Technician at MEDermis, to see if she could grant my wish of removing my colorful work of art.  During my consultation, she mentioned this was the most ink she had ever seen in a tattoo.  I’m guessing this is because most people who commit to getting inked over and over in the same spot don’t visit people like her.  Anyway, my wish was granted, and the painful journey of Butterfly ~ Bye-Bye began.

OUCH!!  That’s really the only word I can find to describe what the laser felt like.   Maybe it could be described as getting the most sensitive area tattooed, with a thousand tiny needles that are on fire.  Yes, fire!  It burns, literally. 

These pictures were taken immediately after, 8 hours later when the bandage was removed, and the next morning.   Who's got the over/under on how long it takes that blister to pop?

My end starts at the beginning...the very beginning!

I HATE my tattoo…it was never what I planned.  And despite two cover-up attempts, it is still not the beautiful butterfly I had imagined daintily poised on my ankle.  Instead, it is a massive blob of color and black lines that is a faint resemblance of such. 

Some of the comments I have received over the various iterations are:

Tattoo 1 – inked 1995 – “What is that??”  (I think that says it all)

Cover-up 1 – inked 1998 – “Why do you have a butterfly in a spider web?”

(It was supposed to be a flower behind the butterfly that the artist deemed necessary to provide the proper balance between light and dark.  You see, the blob was born.)

Cover-up 2 – inked 2007 – “Is that a Pterodactyl on your ankle?”    “It looks like one of those Rorschach tests.”   “It could be a butterfly kite.” 

This butterfly has been my nemesis for long enough!   I finally decided against the 3^rd cover-up attempt (crazy I know) and am taking real (painful) action to remove it.  This is my story…

Butterfly ~ Bye - Bye!!