SALINE TATTOO LIGHTENING

What affects the number of sessions needed? For either procedure, it first depends on your goal. If you want to remove the tattoo completely, the number of sessions will probably be substantially higher. For example, complete removal might take 8 saline tattoo lightening sessions as opposed to 3 or 6 for partial fading. The exact number will depend on how your body responds to the treatment. 

The number of sessions needed also depends on the color of the ink being removed. As mentioned, darker shades often take longer than lighter ones.

Saline lightening does not cause hypo or hyperpigmentation on certain skin types, but scarring does pose a risk. Infection also poses a concern, since you’re dealing with an open wound. Keeping the area clean and following aftercare guidelines exactly is crucial.

The day of your treatment: The area feels tender and might feel like it’s been burned. It may look very red and swollen. 

First several days: The area will scab over.

One week later: The area remains scabbed over. 

Two weeks later: The scab has probably fallen off. The skin still looks pink or discolored and appears fragile, as it’s still healing.

One month later: The skin is looking more normal by now.

Two months later: The area has completely healed (hopefully!) and is ready for the next session. 

Follow the guidelines of your lightening specialist exactly to speed the recovery process. Standard saline tattoo lightening aftercare guidelines include the following: 

• Don’t cover the area (unless you work in a place with a higher risk of infection, like a hospital).
• Leave the area alone while healing. Don’t wash or pick at it. Avoid lotions and soaps.
• Keep the area out of the sun. 
• Avoid activities that cause sweating, as well as immersing the area in water, until the scab has completely fallen off. 
• Allow the scab to fall off on its own!
• Apply vitamin E oil as directed by your specialist after the scab falls off. 

Depending on Pigment depth, brand, how much is left and the clients skin. If you have had your brows attempted to be camouflaged, applying skin colored pigment over the brows to cover it up, more sessions will be required. That is because not only did the camouflage color add an additional layer of pigment to the brow to cover it up but it is also a much harder pigment to remove as it has white in it. White is the largest pigment molecule making it harder to leave the body.