Tattoos While on Reta and Delivery Wait Times?

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I realize results vary from person to person, but leaving out any vendor details, what was your wait time for reta to arrive?

My plan is to place a reta order today, and I've got my 1st tattoo session booked for the end of this month. I've come across posts here mentioning increased skin sensitivity, so I'm wondering whether reta would intensify the pain of getting tattooed?

I'm aware I could simply hold off on the reta until afterward, but if the pain isn't impacted much, I'll just begin it once it shows up. Or I'll tough it out, since I want to get both going without delay.
 
Getting up to doses of Reta where you'd actually notice anything isn't a fast process — it takes a while. The early doses serve mainly to let your body adjust. Say you began the standard titration schedule today: by the end of the month, the odds are extremely low that you'd see any difference whatsoever.

As for your question: within the country, orders usually arrive in a matter of days. From overseas, expect 2-5 weeks. It can stretch out far longer than that, though.
 
Are you planning to put the snazzy GLP1Chat logo on your other shoulder, alongside Mom/heart/arrow?

From what I understand, sensitive skin is a very uncommon side effect of these drugs, and I doubt it shows up in a manner that would really affect needling, aside from the pain that's already inherent to it. The thing worth worrying about, and planning mitigation for, is GI tract issues.
 
Titrating up too quickly gave me really bad skin sensitivity. These days it has mostly cleared up, though those three weeks were pretty irritating. Fewer than 10% of reta users run into this, and a tattoo shouldn't aggravate it.
 
About 3 weeks back, my legs and lower back started feeling skin sensitivity. It hasn't disappeared, though the intensity has dropped.

On February 18, I kicked off a full back piece that goes all the way down to my butt. February 18 and 19 were back-to-back sessions, then another one last Thursday, and two more are lined up this Thursday and Friday. Every one of them is a 7 hr session. Certain spots were manageable, but my spine was SPICY—close to a 10/10—and the lower back was rough as well.

How long your sessions run makes a big difference. For the last session, someone suggested I try a numbing gel. I went with Dr. Numb, and it worked for the first 2.5 hours, but after it stopped, the five hours left were sheer torture. It seemed like the pain comes at you stronger once it fades.
 
Once the 17th comes around and my arm sleeve is finished, I'll be able to report back with my own experience.

By then, reta will have been in my system for just a bit more than three weeks, and truthfully I'm not expecting it to make much difference. That said, during my most recent session my artist kept checking in on me—asking whether I could feel anything at all, or whether I was simply enduring it quietly because I stayed so still. It doesn't appear to affect me much, or maybe I'm just exceptionally skilled at tuning everything out. I'm not certain ...
 
Some new ink has gone on since reta became part of my routine. No issues for me. People react differently, obviously, so I hope it is reassuring to hear that one person came through it fine haahah
 
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