What is next when laser tattoo removal does not work?

My  eyebrow Tattoo's were applied much too high and I am so upset. Over the last 8 years having to live with this mistake has been hell. I am embarrassed and sad and I have to apply makeup several times a day. What else can I do to remove this tattoo?

1 answer to “What is next when laser tattoo...”

A: See an expert surgeon

Ronald Shelton, MD

Surgical excision can be done, but there is always a scar if you look closely enough. Depending on the width of the color that was tattooed, the surgical excision could create too much of a defect once the skin is removed and then the suturing might bring the eyebrow up too high. Make sure that you have... more

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