Gullible: adjective: easily tricked because of being too trusting, naive and easily deceived or tricked.
I bring that up because it seems there are to many people out there who want to get rid of a tattoo which is a permanent deposit in the skin that was never meant to be removed, but for some reason they think that by applying a soothing cream that creates no discomfort what so ever it will remove their tattoo as they continue their daily lives without a care in the world. WRONG!!!
Anyone who believes the hype of a tattoo removal cream is the same person who believes those emails telling them a long lost Uncle in Nigeria or London has died and left them $5,000,000.00. All they have to do is send $1000.00 to Sir John Doe, trustee of your late Uncle’s estate for probate fees and the money will be wired to your bank account within the week. Of course you never get the money…YOU HAVE BEEN HAD!!
In case you don’t know what the average tattoo removal cream consists of let me explain. First of all read the ingredient list and look up what those words mean. Many are for the purpose of fading skin pigment, not tattoo pigment. Skin pigment is in the top layer of skin, tattoo pigment is in the second layer of skin. As the skin pigment above the tattoo begins to fade you are temporarily tricked into thinking it’s the tattoo that is fading. Soon, hopefully, you realize your skin is fading but your tattoo has remained unchanged. The unfortunate part of this exercise is that you have spent a few hundred dollars before you realize this gimmick used by the tattoo removal cream companies.
Now that you realize the product does not work you can ask for a refund, but guess what?…You’re out of luck because most, meaning 90% of these companies do not offer refunds. One offers to send more worthless product if you ask for it within the allotted amount of time, but no money. Another and somewhat more reputable tattoo cream removal company may return some money, but the wait is long and they make it a huge hassle. You see, they know the cream by itself does nothing so in their initial shipment to you they include a miniature battery operated sander. It’s the sander that actually does the work by removing layers of skin over a very long period of time. That is the only reason you may see some fading, but by that time you have spent nearly $1000.00 with them – they win, you lose.
Don’t be gullible.
Removing a tattoo is hard work that requires effort on your part and, unfortunately, some discomfort.
The amount of discomfort depends on which of the effective methods you use.