Let's Talk About Tatoo Removal

[Ace]

Has anyone had this done? How do you decide where a reputable place to have this done is? Approximate costs?, and how long/many treatments does it really take?

[Regulator75]

Sliver has some answers.

[4X4]

Well now we need to see a pic of the tat.

[undercoverbrother]

I thought there was a thread already, but I couldn't find it.

[JonDuke]

I hear one advertised on 660 quite a bit.
I forget the name, but think it might be this place

[DuffMan]

I've done it, not on anything big, just some ones we did as kids, so not professional. It works really good. Just go to a dermatologist that does it.

[WhiteTiger]

I remember seeing a yellow pages billboard recently that said "Calgary has 3 tattoo removal businesses, because sometimes, Tequila happens." That should help narrow it down.

[surferguy]

I would pass on a place that specializes in "tatoo removal"

[FlameOn]

[Sliver]

Originally Posted by Regulator75

Sliver has some answers.

Not good answers, I'm afraid. I've had 12 sessions at Remington Laser for a tattoo the size of a toonie. It was around $140 per treatment. Still have the tattoo and it's only 50% faded. They thought it would be gone by nine. I'm just going to live with it until the technology gets better. Apparently green and red are the hardest colours to remove.

[Puppet Guy]

[Swift]

Man, it seems like tattoo removal is going to be the boom industry of the next 50 years.

[Daradon]

Originally Posted by surferguy

I would pass on a place that specializes in "tatoo removal"

Exactly. I was going to comment that the thread title is an excellent hint on why removal might be needed in this case.

[jar_e]

If you no longer like the content but you're ok with tattoos, you're much better off to get it covered up with a new design. Much cheaper than a lot of removal techniques and a good artist can make sure you won't be able to tell its there. IMO.

[pylon]

Originally Posted by Cameron Swift

Man, it seems like tattoo removal is going to be the boom industry of the next 50 years.

Oh god no. Every tattoo ever done, in the history of ever, is a religious level, zen like experience of incredibly unique individual expression. Just ask anyone who just got one, they'll tell you.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Cameron Swift

Man, it seems like tattoo removal is going to be the boom industry of the next 50 years.

Sooner than that. There are going to be a lot of 40 something women that realizing that covering their arms and necks in tattoos isn't the greatest of ideas when you are now a grandma working a professional job having to wear long sleeves in the summer to cover them up. I have nothing against properly placed tattoos but some of these young girls are going way overboard.

[Regular_John]

Originally Posted by pylon

Oh god no. Every tattoo ever done, in the history of ever, is a religious level, zen like experience of incredibly unique individual expression. Just ask anyone who just got one, they'll tell you.

Not mine! I was motivated purely by aesthetic reasons, and turns out I had some poor taste in my younger days. So now I'm just a guy in his 30's with a really ugly tattoo on the back of my arm.

Keep meaning to get it covered up, but it's about on par with getting the furnace cleaned on things I get excited about scheduling/dealing with.