Overpriced Laser Tattoo Removal - Winston Salem, NC

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Greystone Aesthetic Center before/afters

  • 10 Dec 2018
  • 4 years post
I had my final appointment for laser tattoo removal at Greystone Aesthetic Center. They have a PicoSure Laser and charge me $400 per treatment for all of these large tattoos combined. They said that they had started waiting 6 months between treatments and the clients noticed more fading in that longer recovery time. They were nice enough to send me the before and after photos they documented during my visits there.

Greystone Aesthetic Center in Hickory NC

  • 29 Jun 2018
  • 3 years post
I CANNOT stress enough how GREAT this place is for PicoSure Tattoo Removal. I found this place right after they opened, and got the remainder of my treatments there. 25 sq. inches of tattoo removal for 400 DOLLARS a treatment! That price is KILLER and all the staff is nice and amazing and goes the extra mile to make you comfortable. There are literally zero wait times. You have to go 30 mins prior to your appointment for numbing (they use a numbing cream and it has to sit with saran wrap on it for that 30 mins) The aesthetician is super nice, personable, reasonably priced, and knowledgeable. She's even very meticulous as to document every visit with before and after photos, asks if you've been in the sun or are planning to be in the sun because she cares about avoiding hypo-pigmentation and writes it all in your file. I cannot recommend this place enough if not for the high quality of service and attention to detail, just for the very affordable price alone. AND I live 10 minutes from this place.

I have went to three places now to get tattoo...

  • 1 May 2015
  • 5 months post
I have went to three places now to get tattoo removal treatments. I've been going for 2 years now and my tattoo is still only halfway faded. I decided to to to Carolina Laser and Cosmetic Center in Winston Salem, NC to give the new "PicoSure" a try. I am giving one star because of PRICE ONLY!!!! I went in for laser tattoo removal, using the Picosure laser. The actual treatment, took all of 30 minutes, and she even missed a corner of my tattoo, which I have documented in picture form. I was there for 2 hours. The price 'scale' was based on an 'estimate' of what a Q-switched laser treatment would cost, how many 'estimated' treatments it would take with a Q-switched laser, and then that doubled, because Picosure lasers are twice as effective. I have been getting laser tattoo removal with a Q-switched laser for a year now, and her 'estimation' of the price of one treatment with a Q-switched laser was 3 TIMES THE PRICE OF THE ACTUAL PRICE I HAD BEEN PAYING. She then DOUBLED THAT PRICE, for a WHOPPING price tag of $1727.00 for one laser treatment, of 25 sq. inches of tattoo. I have a quote from the only other Picosure laser place in the Piedmont region of NC and they charge per sq. inch (As is normal of laser tattoo removal). I will be going to that place for my remaining laser treatments.

On the plus side, the staff were all VERY polite, friendly, knowledgeable, and informative of the huge price tag. If I were a millionaire, I would frequent there often for every service they offer. Unfortunately, I am not a millionaire. :-/

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Board Certified Family Physician
1255 Creekshire Way, Winston Salem, North Carolina
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  • 1 May 2015

https://www.journalnow.com/news/local/dr-anne-white-s-actions-ruled-unprofessional-by-n-c/article_ab5188fb-a3e0-5e7c-bbcf-1f767399b7aa.html?fbclidIwAR2nKstG-sk2TMpJdNi9z9rSNpZPgxDmPsM-DfImS16CYnSDAl1xrFG3z28 I would not recommend Dr. Anne White for laser tattoo removal unless you like to throw money down the drain. She was also investigated for reusing botox on multiple people and saving human fat in a closet. Dr. Anne White was talked about by another technician, and even she had magazines she was featured in available to read in the room. She came in, glanced at my tattoos, and wrote down very large numbers on her "Picosure Price Worksheet" The following numbers were: Tiny Cross tattoo - 90 dollars Paul Mitchell Tattoo - 200 dollars Anti-Husband Tattoo - 280 dollars Pirate Skull - 300 dollars. THEN, she doubled all these numbers, added the total up, for a WHOPPING price tag of $1750.00. On top of that, she tried to get me to buy some medicated cream they offer for 60 dollars for a 1 oz. tube of it. I said no, and she gave me a brochure that was vague and didn't even tell the ingredients in the cream. The places I've gone before were priced as follows, for ALL THESE TATTOOS LUMPED IN ONE SMALL SUM: Alma Laser - 350 TOTAL Medlite C6 - 200 TOTAL PicoSure at Greystone Aesthetic Center in Hickory, NC - 400 TOTAL Anne White was knowledgeable, friendly, and EXPENSIVE. That is all I have to say about her. I would recommend Greystone Aesthetic Center in Hickory NC for your PicoSure needs. It was 400 total with them.