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There comes a time in many people’s lives when they end up regretting getting a specific tattoo, whether it is the name of a past girlfriend, gang insignia or just a really big mistake in judgment.

For those looking to make a change, but are unwilling resort to laser removal, buying TCA acid tattoo removal may be the solution to their problems. Used by dermatologists as well as at health spas, TCA is a safe skin peeling method employed to remove or fade ink. In fact, TCA has proven especially effective in removing colors such as blues, oranges, greens and yellows, which often prove more resistant to lasers. It has also been said to have better results removing “bracelet” tattoos around the ankles for some reason.

Safe and easy to apply, it has been deemed highly effective by several medical journals worldwide with an overall success rate of about 85%.

It has also been used to successfully reduce and remove wrinkles and other fine lines, as well as stretch marks and acne scaring, as well as getting rid of moles and calluses with out the need for prescriptions.

In order to remove a tattoo, a controlled inflammation is generated on the skin to force the break-up of the ink a allow new cells to form on the surface of epidermis through repeated treatments, performed once every month and a half to allow the skin to recuperate a bit in between. Actually peeling, however, can take up to two weeks to commence, with another week after that to shed all the dead skin cells.

While many people may experience a stinging sensation during the process, TCA is considered one of the mildest forms of tattoo removal, and is applied with a Q-tip. In fact, TCA tattoo removal cost ranging anywhere from $39-$59 can be purchased for home use.

If you search around online, you’ll find a lot of conflicting information about tattoo removal creams. Not just conflicting, but even bad information. The problem that a lot of people don’t do their research and then complain publicly about the results when what they expected doesn’t happen right off the bat.

I knew from reading quite a bit at the Tattoo Removal Creams Guide that a tattoo like mine would fairly easily succumb to the chemicals used in all over the counter tattoo removal creams to fade out the ink. While I almost bought Wrecking Balm – the most popular and hence perhaps the most effective, but also the most expensive tattoo removal cream! – I ended up getting a deal on Tat B Gone through a random ad I saw on the site.

Anyhow, long story short, it’s now nearly 4 months into the removal process for me and I’m pleased with the results. In another 4-6 weeks, I believe my tattoo will effectively be invisible. Certainly if you knew it was there and was looking for it, you could see a subtle trace of the bright ink colors. But, this is pretty much only someone like me, who did the actual tattoo removal and so have spend a lot time staring at my own skin, know about, and thus will be able to see.

Why should someone use tattoo removal creams over other tattoo removal methods? Once you know a little bit more about these over the counter products, the answer becomes clear. First of all, it’s much cheaper to start with one of these products as a treatment than to start with, say, laser treatments. Secondly, it doesn’t cause any pain to use these topical lotions and creams on your skin. This is certainly not the case with most other (all other?) tattoo removal methods. Thirdly, as mentioned, they are sold over the counter, so you have your privacy. More than that, it just makes it a lot easier to start with, as one can just order a cream like Wrecking Balm tattoo removal cream online and be done with it.