Most people compare it to a rubber band snapping on the skin, while others say it’s over before they can register how it feels!

Most tattoos take about 10 – 12 treatments, spaced 6 – 8 weeks apart, to remove. We evaluate your skin type according to the Fitzpatrick Scale. Use the chart below to determine where your skin type fits on that scale.

TYPE

I – Always burns, never tans

II – Always burns, sometimes tans

III – Sometimes burns, always tans

IV -Rarely burns, always tans

V – Brown, moderately pigmented skin

VI – Black skin

Next, we align your information to the Kerby-Desai Scale, which is the industry standard. Try it by clicking on the link https://0x24a537r9.github.io/kirbydesai/ and enter the information relevant to your tattoo. The Kerby-Desai Scale is the most widely used evaluation tool in the industry,. However, we have some issues with it. For example, it doesn’t take into account the age of your ink (the older the quicker it will go away), who performed the tattoo (non-professional treatments remove more quickly). Most importantly, it doesn’t evaluate your metabolic activity level. Experience has shown us that clients with high metabolisms move ink faster. With these things in mind, we try to give you the best estimate we can, but there are factors beyond our control that can affect that estimate.

Treatments range from 1 to 20 minutes depending on the size and placement of the tattoo. Small single-colored tattoos can be the quickest treatment times. Complex, large and multi-colored images take more work will take longer, sometimes requiring multiple sessions to finish one pass at the tattoo.

In most cases, yes. However, it is very important to know that some ink colors are more difficult to clear than others and in rare cases total clearance may not be possible. If this happens, usually only very faint ghost lines will remain. Come in for a consultation to learn more.

Multiple sessions aren’t always required, but many times they are. Tattoo ink is deposited deep in the skin. In order to reach all of the ink in the skin, multiple treatment sessions are needed for clearance. Depth, size and color of the tattoo also impact the number of treatments needed. At each visit, we will break the ink into smaller and smaller pieces so that the body’s immune system (white blood cells) can dispose of the pigment

Multiple sessions aren’t always required, but many times they are. Tattoo ink is deposited deep in the skin. In order to reach all of the ink in the skin, multiple treatment sessions are needed for clearance. Depth, size and color of the tattoo also impact the number of treatments needed. At each visit, we will break the ink into smaller and smaller pieces so that the body’s immune system (white blood cells) can dispose of the pigment