How many sessions to lighten this tattoo to do a portrait cover up? (Photo)

If the laser doesn't hit the ink in the tattoo, it will be safe. If the tattoos have any overlap or are up against one another, then you can have some collateral since the laser will likely hit the adjacent tattoo. These are easy to correct by going to your tattoo artist for...

All tattoos are different and so are the lasers used to remove them. Black ink is best removed with a 1064 nm laser. The Picosure works best for greens/blues/reds, not black. I recommend a pico laser if there is one available near you. Cutera Enlighten, Piqo4, Picoway are all good choices. If...

Unfortunately, white ink probably won’t give you the results you’re looking for, as it will be very hard if not impossible to match your skin tone. However because of how light the tattoo is there’s a good chance it will respond fairly well to a laser removal treatment.

In my experience it is possible to completely remove a tattoo with proper treatment. In my practice, I recommend using laser, topical products between treatments, and erbium as well as microdermabrasion.

Treatment plateau is a common problem. Often, as already stated in other answers, this occurs as deeper ink goes "out of reach" of the treatment beam, and the highly organized light scatters and weakens as it passes through the tissue on its way to the ink. By the time it gets there,...

Thank you for your question. No blistering is normal with laser tattoo procedures.  Blistering is a risk with every procedure but it increases the risk of scarring, permanent pigment changes and infection.  In general, the laser is turned up a little each time you come in.  If you blistered th...