Cover Up TattoosIf you're not happy with your tattoo design and you're not too fancy about tattoo removal, you can choose for a cover up tattoo.
Well-done cover up tattoos make the old tattoo completely invisible, like you can see on the before and after image on the left. The success rate depends on the techniques used, size and colors of the old tattoo.
Sometimes laser removal machines are used to lighten up the old tattoo. The colors of the new tattoo have to be darker than those of the old tattoo to successfully hide the unwanted design.
Laser Tattoo Removallaser tattoo removal is the most popular way to remove a tattoo. The kind of lasers used are called Q-switched lasers. Lasers work by using short pulses of light to target the tattoo ink that is under the skin. This light is a highly concentrated type of light that can break apart the ink into very small pieces. These pieces are then small enough for the body’s own immune system to attack and carry away. Once the body does this, the ink fragments are gone and so is the tattoo. One problem with this method is that this process can take time, money and it may take many treatments before it is successful.
