Would you have your rad tattoo's removed?

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  • Noel
    Noel Member Posts: 3,095 Member
    #22
    MsGebby said:

    Mine are less than a year old
    I can now tell my kids I have tatoos! Not that I would show those tats to anyone. I have two that can be seen when I wear a bathing suit or a V neck top. I just use concealer and they are gone.

    Great question

    That is funny Mary, telling
    That is funny Mary, telling your kids that you have tattoos. It is true though. LOL
  • DebbyM
    DebbyM Member Posts: 3,289 Member
    #23
    MsGebby said:

    Mine are less than a year old
    I can now tell my kids I have tatoos! Not that I would show those tats to anyone. I have two that can be seen when I wear a bathing suit or a V neck top. I just use concealer and they are gone.

    Great question

    I actually forget about mine
    I actually forget about mine too. I am looking now and the one I can see blends in with the freckles. If it did bother me, I would probably have them removed, but, I really don't care. No one else would have any idea what or where it is, and, that is if they could find it. Yet, everyone has to do what they want and if she wants to laser her's off, go for it.
  • CypressCynthia
    CypressCynthia Member Posts: 4,014 Member
    #24
    My two cents

    No way.  They are hardly noticeable, but I am getting older...lol.  I'll be 60 next month Surprised.

  • jnl
    jnl Member Posts: 3,869 Member
    #25
    CypressCynthia said:

    My two cents

    No way.  They are hardly noticeable, but I am getting older...lol.  I'll be 60 next month Surprised.

    Happy birthday early CC! 

    Happy birthday early CC! 

  • Pink Rose
    Pink Rose Member Posts: 493
    #26
    Rague said:

    One of mine is gone, one is
    One of mine is gone, one is quite faded/almost gone, one is fading but one is still quite 'bright'. Honestly thanks to my extensive rad burn scars - I don't think that medical staff would ever think that I hadn't had rads - especially considering that I had a mod. rad. mast..

    I never even thought about

    I never even thought about doing this.  If it bothers you, I think you should have them removed.  But, they will fade.

     

     

  • Angie2U
    Angie2U Member Posts: 2,991
    #27
    SIROD said:

    Why?
    Why bother with something one can barely see without a magnifier? It is good to leave in case radiation in the future is needed.

    Better off to give the money that will be spent on laser to the needy at this time of year.

    Just a thought,

    Doris

    Did she have them removed or

    Did she have them removed or decide not to?  Curious as to how much it would cost to have them lasered off.  Did she say anything about that? 

  • jnl
    jnl Member Posts: 3,869 Member
    #28
    Angie2U said:

    Did she have them removed or

    Did she have them removed or decide not to?  Curious as to how much it would cost to have them lasered off.  Did she say anything about that? 

    Angie, she hasn't had them

    Angie, she hasn't had them removed yet.  I think she is waiting to see if they do fade and then she will probably decide.  I don't know the cost.  I'll have to ask her.

     

  • JelliBean713
    JelliBean713 Member Posts: 1
    #29
    Keep Mine

    I just joined and have seen many interesting posts.  This one, however, really struck home because I just noticed the tat between my breasts the other day when I was checking out an incision that I thought had healed but was a little red.  I tried to wash it off, then realized what it was.  LOL.  I think if it really bothers you, get them gone.  I have had mine for almost 4 years and they look the same as they did then.  Not very dark at all and I forget they are there.  With the scar under my arm from the lymph node removals, the scars down my chest and on my sides from pleural surgeries and drains, those tats are nothing.  At least it will show them where I can't have radiation this time around!!

    Good luck to you all and long life!

     

    Jerri

  • Alexis F
    Alexis F Member Posts: 3,598
    #30
    JelliBean713 said:

    Keep Mine

    I just joined and have seen many interesting posts.  This one, however, really struck home because I just noticed the tat between my breasts the other day when I was checking out an incision that I thought had healed but was a little red.  I tried to wash it off, then realized what it was.  LOL.  I think if it really bothers you, get them gone.  I have had mine for almost 4 years and they look the same as they did then.  Not very dark at all and I forget they are there.  With the scar under my arm from the lymph node removals, the scars down my chest and on my sides from pleural surgeries and drains, those tats are nothing.  At least it will show them where I can't have radiation this time around!!

    Good luck to you all and long life!

     

    Jerri

    Hi Jerri and welcome to the

    Hi Jerri and welcome to the site!  I know mine are almost invisible now, and, I just wonder if everyone's will just go away after so long.  I kind of think they will.  I never really even thought about them as they really went away fast, and, even when they were there, they just looked like a few extra freckles.

     

     

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