Hello mate, yes, I actually had my 1st session this week (Saturday just gone). My main advice would be go to a few places for consultation, and pick one you like, is professional, you feel comfortable at etc! The 1st place I went to put me right off, but the next one was fantastic and I booked my first session straight after.
As for how it went it was fine, however I did use the EMLA cream mentioned in this thread earlier and dropped some pain killers with coffee before hand (caffeine helps circulate the pain killers round the body, yes I’m a wimp). I found the lazering (from the test patch on 1st consultation) too painful without the numbing cream due to the size of my tattoo and the time/amount of lazering per session it would take, in addition a lot of it is on my spine so not the best place pain wise . Anyway I had the entire tattoo lazered for the 1st of probably 12 sessions staggered every 6-8 weeks, the pain was minimal if you can even call it pain, more just uncomfortable due to the EMLA cream and pain killers I guess.
It’s going to take a while, probably over a year and a half, but I hate the tattoo now so instead of hating it for the rest of my life I look at it like I only have to put up with it for 1-2 years max
With the EMLA cream, if you end up using it, apply it thick 2 hours minimum before, cover with Clingfilm and use medical tape to keep it in place, if it all soaks in after an hour maybe top up with some more, it honestly made the whole process easy. If you don’t use anything then good on you, you’re much tougher than I am!
As you probably know the lazer doesn’t remove the ink, it just breaks it down so your body can remove it via your blood stream over time, hence why results take a long time with this, but I am 100% convinced for me, it will be worth it!
Hope this helps!