This tattoo is 3 years old and i wanna laser it enough so i can put a realistic fox tattoo over it like the photo i attached. Any thoughts on how many sessions it will take for it to be light enough??
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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.