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How much does tattoo removal cost?

  • How expensive is it to have a small black tattoo removed from someone's shoulder? Since ask.me is talking about tattoos this morning, I thought I'd ask: how expensive would it be to get a tattoo the size of a silver dollar that is completely black lasered off someone's shoulder? The person in question is Caucasian with very fair skin (I understand that can matter) and little to no sun damage. The tattoo is about a decade old and one of those unfortunate designs popular in the early 90's. Asking because she has been calling around to places in the Bay area and everyone she's spoken to has insisted she must pay to see the doc for a consultation before they even give her a ballpark range. I know tattoo removal is supposed to expensive, but I've always read that black tattoos are easier to remove. Also, one place said it would just take one laser treatment while another said that even the smallest, blackest tattoo would take "up to two dozen" treatments. So, how much does it cost? And how many treatments will it take? thanks

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Cockeyed did a story on tattoo removal a long time ago (2002). Back then, a 15 minute session cost $150 and after 8 sessions http://www.cockeyed.com/science/tattoo/tattoo5.html (the outline of the tattoo was originally black, you can ignore the color ink). Two dozen treatments doesn't sound unreasonable at all, for fading the tattoo as much as possible. Price tag, assuming black and white tattoo removal doesn't cost much less than treating colored tattoos: $2000 to $3000.

halogen

As halogen points out- a great coverup artist, while expensive, will be cheaper and less painful than lasering that sucker off.

piedmont

Seconding Halogen- my wife's tattoo removal was around that price point and number of treatments. a hundred bucks to get it, around $4K to get rid of it.

jenkinsEar

The number of treatments and cost can depend quite a bit on the type of laser. It's probably worth a trip to a dermatologist to discuss the options. It's worth discussing the laser options with someone who isn't pushing a specific laser because they own one.

Coverup? Like getting a new tattoo over her old one?

stewiethegreat

My friend had a black tattoo on her upper arm - one of those sun designs, you know? Prices were very similar to those in halogen's comment. When it was done, it looked like a smudged, flesh-melty sun. Not good. She was extremely unhappy with the whole removal process. I believe she told me she had 10 sessions because black was harder to remove than color, particularly blue (meaning blue is easy to remove?). Not sure about that.

peep

Coverup? Like getting a new tattoo over her old one? Yeas, if you search BME's galleries there are some really good examples of great coverup woe=rk, most of them you'd never guess were coverup pieces.

piedmont

erm... That should be "Yeah," ....and "work". I need more coffee.

piedmont

I think that if they try to remove the tattoo too rapidly, in too few treatments, there's a risk of scarring. And that would be permanent.

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