How Can I Lighten a Dark Tattoo?

Blistering can occur after laser tattoo removal. The redness is temporary usually, although some people are born with a tendency to overheal and produce more collagen in the dermis as a response to healing. If that occurs, a hypertrophic raised tender scar can develop. If your physician says...

It may be fairly easy to get a tattoo applied, but it’s safe to say, it’s much harder to get one removed, and, for that matter, much more expensive. Prior to the introduction of light-based therapies, a variety of procedures were used for getting rid of them. These included...

I would give it  a year before trying any interventions that could damage existing pigment cells (malanocytes) and give them time fo recover from the tattoo removal.

We would recommend you start the process as soon as the tattoo is completely healed.  The day after you had it put on is too soon, but as soon as any scabbing that occurred as a result of the tattoo is completely healed, we recommend you start.  The rule of thumb for our practice is at...

Yes, you can certainly have a cover up tattoo after laser tattoo removal is performed.  Before going down that road, you may want to wait up to 2-3 years after the treatment as the faint outline of the tattoo should and will continue to fade until eventually is not visible any longer...

Laser can fade such pignment but there is a chance that the orange could turn darker and might need multiple treatments and sometimes it is difficult to fade this color.It's worthwhile to see a laser expert that has several lasers of different wavelengths.