Adriani, glad you're keeping the owls!
Just a word of warning regarding a previous post recommending TCA... DO NOT use this to remove tattoos. Not only is it not effective, it's not even recommended (at least in Canada, not sure about the US). It is used by dermatologists to burn away layers of skin badly scarred by things like acne.
Tattoo ink is deposited into the 2nd layer of skin (the dermis) so before TCA would even reach the ink, the first layer of skin (epidermis) must be totally burned away.
The dermis contains oil glands, sweat glands, hair follicles, some small muscles... just to name a few. For those of us on a CRAB, the injection goes into the subcutaneous, which is only the next layer down. As if those injections aren't painful enough, try doing it with burned, blistered, scarred and sometimes infected skin.
Despite its claims to remove tattoos, it's just downright dangerous and doesn't even work. At best, it may fade it a bit but that's probably due to the scarring from literally burning away the top 2 layers of skin with chemicals.
Jen
Just a word of warning regarding a previous post recommending TCA... DO NOT use this to remove tattoos. Not only is it not effective, it's not even recommended (at least in Canada, not sure about the US). It is used by dermatologists to burn away layers of skin badly scarred by things like acne.
Tattoo ink is deposited into the 2nd layer of skin (the dermis) so before TCA would even reach the ink, the first layer of skin (epidermis) must be totally burned away.
The dermis contains oil glands, sweat glands, hair follicles, some small muscles... just to name a few. For those of us on a CRAB, the injection goes into the subcutaneous, which is only the next layer down. As if those injections aren't painful enough, try doing it with burned, blistered, scarred and sometimes infected skin.
Despite its claims to remove tattoos, it's just downright dangerous and doesn't even work. At best, it may fade it a bit but that's probably due to the scarring from literally burning away the top 2 layers of skin with chemicals.
Jen
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