Can You Get a Tattoo Done over Top of Skin Where a Tattoo Was Laser Removed?

Once you have a tattoo removed with laser, it is OK to have a new tattoo placed. I would wait at least one month after the last laser treatment before having a new tattoo, to minimize immune cells populating the area which might make your new tattoo not as durable.

What laser tattoo removal entails is the breakdown of the tattoo material into smaller bits. Those can be either released via loss of the epidermis and slow breakdown in the body by its own clean up cells, the macrophages. The way this is done is that the tattoo absorbs the heat from the laser causing to be broken down. This breakdown, which may leave a subtle scar, requires time to heal. When all is healed, a person can definitely get a tattoo on top of it with no problem. more