Getting a tattoo that you’re dissatisfied with can be a moment when you feel defeated. You’ve spent a lot of money, gone through serious tattooing pain only to be left with a tattoo you don’t like. Luckily, laser tattoo removal is pretty well established and successful in removing and fading tattoos.

Laser tattoo removal is generally the best and the safest method to remove ink permanently.

But, how does the laser remove the ink that is placed inside the skin layers? And, does the color of the tattoo play a role in the effectiveness of the laser removal procedure?

In the following paragraphs, we’ll tackle these important questions everybody wanting a tattoo should ask themselves. So, without further ado, let’s get started!

Laser Tattoo Removal: How It Works?

Before we get into the ink colors and how well they can get removed, we must first discuss the very removal method and how it works.

Laser tattoo removal comprises the use of laser lights, or the photomechanical effect to target the ink in the skin and remove the pigment by dissolving the ink particles. The laser uses infrared light at specific frequencies to target the ink and heat it until it dissolves. Laser tattoo removal is done using Q-switched lasers. The laser works in the following way;

• The laser, infrared light reaches into the skin layer known as the dermis, where the ink is placed
• The ink, then, absorbs the light or the heat from the light
• As the energy from the laser light heats the ink, it starts to dissipate into the surrounding skin

And that’s it. The whole process is pretty simple and straightforward. A laser tattoo removal procedure can take up to 10 sessions for standard-sized tattoos. However, in some cases where the ink is of a specific color or the placement of the tattoos is hard to reach, the laser removal may require up to 20 sessions.