When Can I Get Saline Removal?
You can get emergency removal within 48 hours after the PMU treatment if you immediately regret getting PMU.
If you wait longer than that, you will have to wait for 6-8 weeks until the skin has completely healed from PMU application. Otherwise, the tissue can be damaged and permanent scarring can occur.
How Does Saline Removal Work?
Saline removal is basically reverse tattooing. The technique used is similar to whatever was used for initial pigment implementation. Saline microblading removal can be done with a machine or a manual shading tool. If you want to remove PMU applied with a machine, the tech will use a machine.
The tool or a machine is used to open up the skin above the unwanted pigments. Then, a special removal solution based on salt – a saline solution – is injected into the cuts. The solution dries up the pigments. That’s the first half of the process.
Once the cuts start to heal, a scab is formed. The pigments that were dried up get lifted and stuck in the scab, and once the scab falls off, the pigment goes with it. That’s why some PMU removal techs call this process controlled scabbing.
How Does Emergency Saline Removal Work?
If you immediately decide you don’t like your PMU tattoo, you can get emergency tattoo removal within 48 hours of the procedure.
It’s done by applying the saline solution directly onto the treated area. There’s no need to open up the skin, since it still hasn’t started closing up from the PMU treatment.
How Many Sessions of Microblading Removal Do I Need?
Most clients need between 2 and 6 saline tattoo removal sessions to completely remove the PMU, but there are cases where as many as 10 sessions are necessary to get rid of all the pigment.
The course of the saline tattoo removal is very individual and unpredictable. It depends on:
- how saturated with pigment the tattoo is
- how old it is
- how deep the pigments were injected
- the composition of the pigment
- and how your skin reacts to the treatment.
So be prepared for multiple sessions of microblading or for removal if you want to remove the tattoo completely. If, however, you’re planning on getting a fresh PMU, it may be enough to just lighten the old tattoo enough for it to be camouflaged. In that case, 1-2 sessions may be enough.
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