Tattoo removal with salt is on of the 5 core methods to remove a tattoo. Especially people who want a cheap tattoo removal resort to this method. Although there is small cost involved in this tattoo removal treatment, salabrasion is not for the faint at heart.

Do you have a special tattoo that you loathe? Or are there even more tattoos on your body that you want to get rid off but do not know how? Maybe you have tried something else already, and you were not satisfied with the result of the tattoo removal.

One tattoo removal procedure that costs hardly anything but is not for the faint at heart is the tattoo removal with salt, or salabrasion.

What are the costs of tattoo removal with salt?

What men say about it..

Approx. in US$
Pouch of sea salt, $2.50
Cloth, $.50
Hydrogen peroxide, $1.00
Nasty scar
Two six-packs of beer for concocting glamorous tale to clarify nasty scar to chicks, $10.00

Total cost: $17.00

Facts you should know before you do tattoo removal with salt

When you got your tattoo, black ink or other colours were injected with a fine needle into the dermis. The dermis is a deep layer of our skin, and the ink stays there because there is another very firm layer holding the ink in place. On top of it there is the outer layer of our skin, called epidermis that renews itself every 28 days. There is no use to place a tattoo on the epidermis as it will be removed by the body renewing the skin cells every month. You need to know that removing tattoos from the dermis is a challenging endeavour because it involves pain, scarring and psychological stress. Are you prepared to rub your tattooed skin so hard with salt that you are bleeding?

What do you have to go through when you do tattoo removal with salt

You have a black ink tattoo on your arm that you want to be gone. You hop in the shower with a pouch of sea salt, turn on the water, pour some salt onto a wet cloth, and start rubbing your tattoo very hard. Within a few minutes the tattooed area starts bleeding, and within twenty minutes the epidermis is gone and you have to dug well into the dermis. The pain is excruciating, but only at first – either because the salt starts to act as an anaesthetic after a while, or because your endorphins are kicking in. Perhaps you are spurred on by the fact that you could really see the ink becoming patchier the more you rubbed. Eventually you have a deep red valley in your arm that bleeds surprisingly small – apparently salt staunches blood flow. It is terrible-looking, but does not hurt much (you need to choose for yourself how much pain you are able to bear as people have varied pain thresholds). You have spent nearly two hours toiling and choose it was time to be done, though there is still some ink left. You rinse the salt off with cold water, dry yourself, place antibiotic ointment on the wound, bandage it, and go to sleep.

The days after tattoo removal with salt

A scab soon formed which had a hard time staying attached to your arm because the wound was so deep and there was nothing much for it to cling to. A lot of ink was contained in the scab–when it fell off, the ink that was left underneath was hardly visible. A second scab formed and fell off, with more ink in it. It’s now been a couple of weeks since the tattoo removal with salt and the wound is well on its way to healing, with hardly any ink visible. You may pour hydrogen peroxide on it every day after showering, followed by vitamin E cream. The tiny bit of ink that is left may seem to be very close to the surface, and it may fully disappear by the time you have completely fully healed.

Does tattoo removal with salt work?

Salabrasion does work. It is nasty, hideous, bloody, barbaric, painful, carries the risk of infection, and will certainly leave heavy scars. It seems to get rid of black ink. If you have huge unwanted tattoos you need to carefully weigh your options so you don’t make a mistake that you pay for a lifetime, and with your excellent health. Using salt on huge tattoos would leave huge scars. Are you sure that you want that?