Are you thinking about removing your tattoo?  What’s stopping you?  For most people, once they’ve decided to get rid of their tattoo, they want it gone without delay.  Regardless of your reason for wanting to remove your tattoo, people looking into tattoo removal have a lot of questions about the process.  Does tattoo removal actually work?  What does it cost to remove a tattoo?  Does it hurt?  Read more to learn about our tattoo removal process.

The first step to removing your tattoo is to schedule a consult visit with a doctor or a licensed aesthetician.  They will take your history and do an evaluation of the tattoo.  They will talk to you about what to anticipate as far as number of treatments it may take to remove your tattoo, possible side effects and cost.  The number of treatments vary depending on the size and color of the tattoo.  The cost associated will vary as well, depending on the number of treatments required to remove the tattoo.

Sound Tattoo Removal offers our patients several advantages over other tattoo removal providers.  Sound Tattoo Removal uses the Cutera Enlighten Laser, a state-of-the-art laser, that offers the most advanced technology in tattoo removal.  Because of the specific type of laser system that Cutera deploys, the Cutera can target various color ink particles, at varying depths within the skin.  The result is a highly effective tattoo removal laser.  The Cutera Enlighten is effective at removing most tattoos, but it is also far more efficient than older tattoo removal lasers.  The benefit – fewer treatments.  In fact, the Cutera can remove a tattoo in 40% fewer treatments compared to older lasers.  And because the Cutera laser can remove tattoos in fewer treatments, that reduces the cost.  

The Benefits of the Cutera Enlighten Laser:

• highly effective at removing tattoos
• fewer treatments required to remove most tattoos
• fewer treatments means less cost

So, what about pain? Patients say the discomfort they feel with the Cutera Enlighten Laser is like having a rubber band snapped on their skin.  To some that may be tolerable, but to others that may sound unpleasant.  Especially if you have a large tattoo and you are looking at needing multiple treatments, wanting to make the process as pain-free as possible is completely understandable.  Here at Sound Tattoo Removal, because we operate under the direction of a physician, Dr. Peter Gregory of Sound Vascular, we can offer topical lidocaine – a safe, anesthetic applied to the skin to numb the area while the treatment is being performed.  The lidocaine, similar to what a dentists’ office might use, wears off after about 30 minutes.  

Making the decision, for some people, is the hardest step in the process of removing a tattoo.  But once the decision is made to remove it, why wait?  There is an effective and safe way to remove an unwanted tattoo.  We at Sound Tattoo Removal are here to help.  Contact us to talk about your tattoo removal.