Can Laser Remove a Terrible Permanent Lip Liner?

I had permanent lip liner tattooed on. It was vegetable-based inks, I believe. A mix of red, pink, anti-blue drop, and white. I think that it may have had a touch of brown in it too. All that was mixed and then tattooed in. Not layer by layer, but in a mix done at once. As the photo shows, the person did it way over my lip line. I hate it. It looks like I don't know how to put lipstick on. Do you think laser will remove it completely? Also, could laser tattoo removal cause scars?

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Laser tattoo removal will remove lip line tattooing

The use of a q-switched tattoo removal laser is an effective treatment to remove unwanted lip liner. It may take multiple treatments but generally is very successful. Typically for red inks it takes us about 4 to 6 treatments. Other types of tattoo lasers can take from 4 to 12 treatments. It is unlikely that the laser for tattoo would cause scarring based upon the photos you have submitted.

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SylviaD 18 Aug 2012

i feel for you. i was injected with something that nummed my lips and could not feel the needle as she drew on lips up to the bottom of my nose. i went to a great sergon who lasered the excessive color off, but when the laser hit my natural lip line, the color turned black and gray.( i use Super Stay 24 color by maybelline to help cover up the color as i finish my treatments). a girlfriend of mine experienced the same situation as us, she turned to the laser removal method that left scarring around her lips (which looks hideous). She is now serching for a doc. to do a skin graph. Be very careful and always go with your gut instinct when interviewing the person who is performing the work. if you ask questions and they get upset or feel insulted, flee!! any doc seeing you in your situation will feel compassion and will do whatever they can to put you at ease. i continue my research for the artist that will fulfill my desire for the perfect lips! i wish you luck and hope your outcome will be successful.

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