Hoo boy, and here is some tattoo removal for you, gentle readers, just in time for your company-mandated lunching hour. A little grisly, right? This photo, two days after the appointment, comes to us from a client of the Tattoo Laser Removal Clinic in sunny San Diego, California, but removal aside, we can neither confirm nor deny whether the person featured above still does, in fact, love life. We, of course, hope they do. But really, those blisters form mighty quick—after the jump, the first shot is another close-up from day two, and the final shot is from day one, before these suckers puffed right up.
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Before we jump across…the jump, though, we figure this is as good a time as any to mention that friend of BME Allen Falkner, who many of you know is also in the tattoo removal business with his company, Fade Fast, has just published an article that we think is worth taking a look at. In it, Allen summarizes and explains the results of a study he recently conducted to “determine how different laser wavelengths interact with particular ink colors, and more specifically, with different brands of tattoo inks.” Give it a read, and if you’re planning on being in Las Vegas this weekend, Allen will be giving a lecture about his findings as well.
**NOTE: Just to clarify, Allen Falkner did not do the removal procedure pictured here.**
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129 responses to “Tattoo Removal: Knuckle Edition”
i know this is probably a stupid question, but why would it be bad to pop them? risk of infection/scarring/etc? they look too tempting!
i know this is probably a stupid question, but why would it be bad to pop them? risk of infection/scarring/etc? they look too tempting!
There is no way I could resist popping those, like no way.
There is no way I could resist popping those, like no way.
There is no way I could resist popping those, like no way.
yeah i would think it be better to drain the fluid and then bandange/keep wounds clean? yes or no?
yeah i would think it be better to drain the fluid and then bandange/keep wounds clean? yes or no?
yeah i would think it be better to drain the fluid and then bandange/keep wounds clean? yes or no?
Ceci – The main reason not to pop a blister is that if you do it becomes an open wound. However, I personally feel that blisters of that size should be drained. If a big blister bursts the person will have a much larger wound than if they had just poked a hole with a sterile needle.
Ceci – The main reason not to pop a blister is that if you do it becomes an open wound. However, I personally feel that blisters of that size should be drained. If a big blister bursts the person will have a much larger wound than if they had just poked a hole with a sterile needle.
Ceci – The main reason not to pop a blister is that if you do it becomes an open wound. However, I personally feel that blisters of that size should be drained. If a big blister bursts the person will have a much larger wound than if they had just poked a hole with a sterile needle.
looks to me like the knuckles weren’t initialy tattooed that long ago either; the colours still pretty strong…
either way, yowch.
looks to me like the knuckles weren’t initialy tattooed that long ago either; the colours still pretty strong…
either way, yowch.
looks to me like the knuckles weren’t initialy tattooed that long ago either; the colours still pretty strong…
either way, yowch.
heretic still here and talking bullshit. not bad man…
heretic still here and talking bullshit. not bad man…
heretic still here and talking bullshit. not bad man…
Ouchie.
Ouchie.
Ouchie.
It really makes you sit back and think, what’s more attractive, permanent artwork that is visible? Or disgusting blisters? Come on modernism!
It really makes you sit back and think, what’s more attractive, permanent artwork that is visible? Or disgusting blisters? Come on modernism!
It really makes you sit back and think, what’s more attractive, permanent artwork that is visible? Or disgusting blisters? Come on modernism!
Ouch, ugly painful things… But stil, burns of that size usually heal scar-free, if not infected (the reason to keep the blisters closed, and the hands calm, in a few days these things will drain themselves). I had once (much) worse blisters, after a small lab accident with boiling sulphuric acid (350°C) on the thumb and the index finger / side of the palm), 3 large things, covering more or less the whole skin between thumb and index finger. It healed scar-free.
Ouch, ugly painful things… But stil, burns of that size usually heal scar-free, if not infected (the reason to keep the blisters closed, and the hands calm, in a few days these things will drain themselves). I had once (much) worse blisters, after a small lab accident with boiling sulphuric acid (350°C) on the thumb and the index finger / side of the palm), 3 large things, covering more or less the whole skin between thumb and index finger. It healed scar-free.
Ouch, ugly painful things… But stil, burns of that size usually heal scar-free, if not infected (the reason to keep the blisters closed, and the hands calm, in a few days these things will drain themselves). I had once (much) worse blisters, after a small lab accident with boiling sulphuric acid (350°C) on the thumb and the index finger / side of the palm), 3 large things, covering more or less the whole skin between thumb and index finger. It healed scar-free.
Yikes. x_x Funny though because LOVE LIFE is what I have on my knuckles too. Haha.
Yikes. x_x Funny though because LOVE LIFE is what I have on my knuckles too. Haha.
Yikes. x_x Funny though because LOVE LIFE is what I have on my knuckles too. Haha.