Will Leave a Scar

Arnold R. Oppenheim, MD answers: Does laser tattoo removal leave a scar?

When getting the laser removal for tattoos, does it leave a scar and will it get rid of the tattoo completely?


Arnold R. Oppenheim, MD
7 months ago

 Unfortunately, there will be some sort of scar left behind, even with the best tattoo removal lasers. Not exactly a scar but a remnant that a tattoo was once there. That is why most of us feel you should think long and hard when you get the tattoo in the first place. There may be techniques later to cmpletely elliminate any vestige of a tattoo but for present  time, although the site can nearly eliminate the tattoo the driving word here is nearly.

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