Rad Tattoo Removal- a thought

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RegulJ
RegulJ Member Posts: 244
edited June 2014 in Radiation Therapy - Before, During, and After

So everyday after my shower I stare down at my rad tattoos and wonder -Will you ever go away? Mine are small and I can't even see two of them unless I look in a mirror...but I know that they are there.

My thought is this:  With all the "regenerative creams" out there- you know the ones to fill in wrinkles- anti aging etc.... If I applyed the cream(s) that promote cell turnover wouldn't that help to "push" the tattoo up to the surface where those cells would naturally slough off??

 Just a thought.

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  • cowgal
    cowgal Member Posts: 833
    edited July 2010

    Be careful about of the wrinkle creams.  Some of them contain estrogen/synthetic estrogen.  I have stopped using anything with estrogen/synthetic estrogen including parabens after reading an article that was presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium a couple of  years ago by Dr. Adrienne Olsen that I just happened to see a story on this summer.  Perhaps I am overreacting but I really don't want to go through any of this again. 

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  • gale1525
    gale1525 Member Posts: 232
    edited July 2010

    It's been 18 months since I finished and I can know longer see them so I hope it goes the same for you, I didn't do anything to them.

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  • ruthbru
    ruthbru Member Posts: 57,235
    edited July 2010

    3 years. I don't think about them at all and now went to the mirror and REALLY had to look to find them. Give it a little more time.

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  • 3monstmama
    3monstmama Member Posts: 1,447
    edited July 2010

    Mine are pretty darned small.  I suspect anything I might do--be it another tattoo or laser removal or whatever--would be more inclined to make the marks bigger and more noticeable.

    I look at them as my version of the purple heart---I fought a battle, I won, I should be proud and remember.

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