Do you have a special tattoo that you hate? Or are there even more tattoos on your body that you want to get rid of but don’t know how? Maybe you have already tried something else and you are not satisfied with the result of tattoo removal.
One tattoo removal procedure that costs nothing but is not for the faint of heart is salt tattoo removal or salabrasion.
What are the costs of salt tattoo removal?
What men say about it..
in US dollars
Bag of sea salt, $2.50
Fabric, $0.50
Hydrogen peroxide, $1.00
nasty scar
Two six-packs of beer for making up a glamorous story to explain the nasty scar to the girls, $10.00
Total cost: $14.00
Facts you should know before getting tattoo removal with salt
When you got the tattoo, black ink or other colors were injected with a fine needle into the dermis. The dermis is a deep layer of our skin and the ink stays there because there is another very firm layer that holds the ink in place. Above it is the outer layer of our skin, called the epidermis, which renews itself every 28 days. It is useless to place a tattoo on the epidermis since it will be eliminated by the body, renewing the skin cells every month. You need to understand that removing tattoos from the dermis is a challenging endeavor because it involves pain, scarring, and psychological stress. Are you prepared to rub your tattooed skin so hard with salt that you’re bleeding?
What do you have to go through when doing salt tattoo removal?
* You have a black ink tattoo on your arm that you want to get rid of.
* Jump into the shower with a bag of sea salt, turn on the water, pour some salt onto a damp cloth, and start rubbing your tattoo really hard.
*After a few minutes the tattooed area begins to bleed, and after twenty minutes the epidermis disappears and you have to dig deep into the dermis. The pain is excruciating, but only at first, either because the salt starts to act as an anesthetic after a while or because the endorphins are kicking in.
* You may be stimulated by the fact that you can actually see the ink getting more uneven the more you rub. Eventually, he has a deep red valley on his arm that bleeds surprisingly little; apparently, the salt stops the flow of blood. It looks terrible, but it doesn’t hurt much (you have to decide for yourself how much pain you can take, as people have varying pain thresholds).
* You’ve spent almost two hours researching and decide it’s time to finish, even though there’s still some ink left.
* You rinse off the salt with cold water, dry off, put antibiotic ointment on the wound, bandage it, and go to sleep.
The days after salt tattoo removal
– A scab soon formed which had a hard time staying attached to his arm because the wound was so deep and there wasn’t much to stick to.
– There was a lot of ink on the scab, when it fell off, the ink left underneath was barely visible.
– A second scab formed and fell off, with more ink inside. It’s been a couple of weeks since the salt tattoo removal and the wound is well on its way to healing, with hardly any ink visible.
– You can pour hydrogen peroxide every day after showering, followed by vitamin E cream. The small amount of ink that remains may appear to be very close to the surface and may be completely gone by the time it has fully healed.
Does salt tattoo removal work?
Salabrasion works. It’s nasty, ugly, bloody, barbaric, painful, carries the risk of infection, and will undoubtedly leave deep scars. It seems to get rid of the black ink. If you have large, unwanted tattoos, you should carefully weigh your options so you don’t make the mistake that you pay for life and with your good health. Using salt on large tattoos would leave huge scars. Are you sure you want that?