Decorative tattoos have been applied to the skin for thousands of years, yet one-half of people with tattoos consider removing them.

Highly specific laser technology now permits the destruction of tattoo pigments with minimal or no injury to the overlying or surrounding skin. Lasers break up the tattoo pigment into smaller particles that are then slowly removed by our own cells. It generally takes 6 to 12 laser treatments to completely remove a tattoo depending upon the colors present and the age of the tattoo.