WHAT DO YOU DO?
We work over the area of the tattoo in a series of small dots using a needle similar to a tattoo needle, introducing the natural Tattoo Erase fluid. The areas treated will look like small chicken pox scabs which are covered with a light gauze for an hour or so.  After this, the gauze should be removed allowing the treated area to dry out and for the scabs to drop off naturally. An aftercare leaflet and advice will be give to you which you should follow.

WHAT WILL MY SKIN FEEL LIKE?
The treated area will be covered in small scabs which will drop off naturally over 3 - 21 days.  After this, the treated areas will look quite red, fading to pink and can be slightly raised and/or itchy. so we leave time for this to heal before repeating the process. By treating small areas at a time we are not overloading the body - the healing process is faster and there is less risk of scarring.

HOW LONG DOES THE TREATMENT TAKE?
The length of a treatment is determined by the size of the tattoo. Smaller tattoos take 15 minutes to treat per visit.  Larger tattoos can be teated for up to an hour in one sitting.  It may even take more than one hour for an extremely large tattoo or to treat multiple tattoos.

WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE?
It feels just the way it did when you had your tattoo put on.  If you found it painful then you will find the removal much the same. Our feedback is that it is a lot less painful than laser treatments.

WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES?
Apart from surgery, the only real alternative is laser removal which can be expensive, aggressive and sometimes not entirely effective - being unable to deal with all the colours which may be in a tattoo (greens and reds can be particularly difficult for lasers to treat). There is also an increased risk of leaving ink, scarring and pigmentation problems. Lotions, creams and potions which are often advertised cannot get through the skin’s barrier and just don’t work.

AM I SUITABLE FOR THE TREATMENT?
The initial consultation will determine this.  You may have treatment if you had no previous ill effect from your tattoo and if you are over 18, not pregnant or breast-feeding and have no history of abnormal scarring reactions.  We can still treat you if you have had previous laser treatments (although we may suggest a test patch and you will usually need more treatments than normal). We can treat all sorts of tattoos except on the face, including cover-ups.

HOW OFTEN SHOULD I HAVE A TREATMENT DONE?
You must leave a minimum of six weeks between each treatment.  The skin remains pink once the scabs have dropped off and this skin must be allowed to fully heal before another treatment is done.  The average time between treatments is around 8-10 weeks depending on your individual healing process.

WILL IT LEAVE A SCAR?
Whenever we break the skin there is always a small risk of scarring so we cannot guarantee that this will never happen. However, we know there is much less risk of scarring with our treatments than with any other removal method.  Please note that  other previous removal methods and even having the tattoo itself, can cause trauma to the skin leaving a scar. This scarring is not always evident until the coloured pigment of the tattoo has been removed. Tattoo Erase will restore the skin to a normal colour and texture providing you adhere to any aftercare advice given to you by your therapist.  If you wish you can even have another tattoo put on once the old one has been removed!

WHAT TYPES OF TATTOO CAN BE TREATED?
All ages, sizes and styles of tattoo can be removed. Our treatment does not recognize the colour of the tattoo - only the ink.  Older tattoos can be more stubborn because the ink ‘sinks’ deeper into the skin over time, making it harder to draw the ink out - they usually need more treatments as do tattoos previously treated with lasers. The only type of tattoo we will not treat is semi-permanent make up or any other tattoo on the face.

IS THE TREATMENT SAFE?
We use a new, sealed sterile needle and cartridge assembly for each treatment and the fluid we use is a natural acid found in the food chain and so is perfectly safe - even to drink (but its not very nice).