LASER TATTOO REMOVAL

Unfortunately, it is difficult to predict exactly how many treatments it will take to work. To see complete results, it could take as little as 3 treatments for an amateur tattoo or as many as 5 to 12 treatments for a professionally applied tattoo.

After your first treatment, you will typically schedule each additional treatment 4-6 weeks apart.

Your skin will be red and feel like it has mild sunburn.

There may also be some bruising. With certain colors, such as red, there may be mild blistering that usually heals in about a week. The sunburn feeling typically goes away after a couple of hours, but your skin does need time to heal in between treatments. After each treatment you will be given detailed instructions on how to care for your treated area.

When asked if laser treatment hurts, patients who have gone through the procedure vary in their responses. Some say it hurts, but most say it is not that bad. Before each of your treatments, the nurse practitioner will put ice and an anesthetic cream on the tattoo to help to numb the area. However, you will still feel the laser on your skin when your tattoo is being removed. Patients have reported that the feeling can be compared to a rubber band snapping on your skin. This sensation is also minimized with the Synercool, a device that blows cold air on the treatment area. The Synercool, which is made by Zimmer, is very effective!

The type of laser used at Tattoo MD leaves virtually no scars, however, those with scarring disorders, such as keloids, may have an increased risk of forming a scar.

Your appointment should not take more than one hour. The time it takes for the actual laser tattoo removal is very quick, but we also need to account for time to fill out paperwork and time for the anesthetic (numbing) cream to take effect.