How Long Before New Tattoo Can Be Removed?

Timing for this depends on your skin healing after the tattoo placement. I usually have patients wait roughly 2 weeks after getting a fresh tattoo before beginning laser removal treatments. As far as your colors are concerned, you will require a q switched 1064nm Yag for the black portion and ideally a Q switched 532nm green laser for the yellow and red flames. Hope this helps.

Hello, Your skin needs to fully heal prior to getting started on laser tattoo removal (6-8 weeks is usually sufficient). Newer tattoos are usually thicker ink as they have not had time to fade like a 3-5 year old tattoo would. So, expect to have to do more treatments to get it going. Also, waiting longer in between treatments can be beneficial when using a PicoWay laser as it will break up more ink and need more time for a good clearing. An experience tattoo removal medical professional will be able to estimate how many treatments you might need and give you advice on wait time.