The Truth About Tattoo Removal

Let's have an honest conversation about tattoo removal.

Because there's a version of it that gets sold, and a version that actually happens. And they're not always the same thing.

The version that gets sold: "A few sessions and it'll be gone."

The reality:

The number of sessions depends on four things:

1. The age of the tattoo — older ink is actually easier to remove. The body has been slowly trying to clear it for years and the particles are more fragmented.

2. The colors — black ink responds fastest. Dark blues and greens are next. Light blues, greens, yellows, and reds are harder. White ink is actually one of the most difficult.

3. The depth — professional tattoos go deeper than stick-and-poke. Deeper ink takes more sessions.

4. Your immune system — the laser shatters the particles. Your body has to clear them. How efficiently your immune system works affects how fast you see fading between sessions.

Here's what most clinics skip:

After every tattoo removal session at Get Glowing, we do a fractional laser pass over the area.

The fractional laser creates thousands of tiny micro-channels in the skin. Those tiny holes give the heat from the pico laser somewhere to escape — like a pressure valve. Without them, heat gets trapped under the skin and can cause blistering and scarring.

The fractional pass prevents that. The heat escapes. The skin heals clean. And because the fractional also stimulates collagen, the skin underneath actually improves while it heals.

Most places skip this step. We don't.

The realistic timeline:

Most professional black tattoos take 6-10 sessions for complete removal. Results are visible and progressive — real fading at every session.

If you want to know what your specific tattoo will take, that's what our skin analysis is for.

Not a sales pitch. An honest answer.

— Sharona

Get Glowing · Century City

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