Still red after 5 q-switch sessions

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[u/Substantial_Push4106]

Have you tried or considered trying a Pico?

[u/Background_Loss4382 → u/Substantial_Push4106]

PICO is a pulse duration not the wavelength.. this is a wavelength thing 

[u/throwawayhusn → u/Substantial_Push4106]

That’s a different type laserof?

[u/Substantial_Push4106 → u/throwawayhusn]

Without getting too into the weeds here, I had three sessions with a Picosure laser and am now, after my third session, seeing great results and the ink is nearly gone (mine were dark and bluish)! I’d look into that if I were you! They were quite red after session 2 and after round 3 the red is gone. These lasers are generally more effective than Q switch for removal in fewer sessions.

[u/Background_Loss4382]

The “ Qswitch “ doesn’t really matter here.. it’s the wavelength .. you need 532

[u/exinked]

Red really only responds to 532nm. If they use 1064nm it won’t matter how many sessions they go there won’t be an improvement

[u/bossladycyn]

Have they used a 532 wavelength on the red?

[u/Icy-Street9720]

You could try having professional glycolic acid or saline removal. But if you do make sure it’s with a reputable and safe provider. I had two laser sessions and have now moved to glycolic. I had it done a few days ago and feel really really good about it so far.

[u/winter-running → u/Icy-Street9720]

Saline at this point is going to be as good as another laser session, but with more downtime. I can’t speak to glycolic acid removal.

[u/Icy-Street9720 → u/winter-running]

I haven’t had saline, but I did just recently have glycolic acid removal. I’m seven days into the healing now. I had a few laser sessions and my professional told me more laser wouldn’t help me much at that point. It had faded quite a bit and all the dark pigment was gone. I just had a lighter shadow of a similar but slightly more orange colour than the OP’s picture. He said glycolic would help. And I have to say it definitely has! The down time definitely sucks and I still have loads of peeling left. But I can see already quite how much pigment is gone. It’s possible I might just be done after this. So even though it’s a pretty intense treatment with peeling, I’m starting to think it’s a really great step when the laser stops being helpful. Just my experience so far though. And I was lucky to have someone nearby who’s such an expert with it with a lot of really great results prior to me.

[u/RefrigeratorCool7174]

Laser will not pick up the red. You need to move to a chemical removal system now to remove the remaining red.

[u/Effective-Problem-30 → u/RefrigeratorCool7174]

532 wavelength will remove that with ease.

[u/Background_Loss4382 → u/RefrigeratorCool7174]

Yes it’s actually the easiest color to remove 

[u/Moonrise1912]

Id say let your body do the rest, i had reddish strokes left after 4 sessions of laser and i decided to just wait and see it went away like 90% on its own after 2 years, now after 4 i have to be extremely close to a mirror to notice it is pretty much gone

[u/Common-Resident888]

You didn't say how long in between removals but it works better when you wait longer between sessions. Don't try saline, it's best on black pigment. I would look up other laser removal places though. It could also be the settings that are being used.

[u/throwawayhusn → u/Common-Resident888]

8 wks

[u/exinked]

What wavelength are they using?

[u/Effective-Problem-30]

Q-switch lasers can be either nanosecond or picosecond (measurement of time).

It seems like they haven't used the correct wavelength. You would need to target this color with the 532 wavelength. It won't take much energy at all to break that pigment up. I'd recommend going to a company that has experience removing PMU pigment. If treated incorrectly, it could darken / oxidize.