Best Tattoo Removal - Remove bad Tattoos

I wrote this article to explain why I think coverups are the best tattoo removal method, if that sounds like something you might be intersted in then please read on.


Many of you have written to me and asked me what I think the best method of tattoo removal is, first of all I want to say to all of you out there on the Internet's, Cor Blimey; you don't ask for much do you?

I mean there are virtually hundreds of different methods of tattoo removal, and you want me to look at all those methods and pick out the single one that I think stands head and shoulders over the rest?

Well okay, sure: no problem, I can do that.

I do have to say; coverups.

Now a lot of you right now are probably staring at your screens and preparing to argue the toss about whether or not coverups count as a method of tattoo removal. Well I say they do count, I'm saying that coverups are the best kind of tattoo removal; you even get a free tattoo out of it.

Okay so strictly speaking you don't walk out of your cover-up with completely bare skin were your tattoo used to be, but let's focus on the important thing here; you used to have an ugly tattoo, and now you don't have an ugly tattoo; therefore I'm prepared to call coverups a method of tattoo removal.

Here's why I think coverups are the best kind of tattoo removal:

first of all coverups are very cheap to do; they really only cost whatever the new tattoo cost you, and since I've really only believe in three kinds of tattoo removal, that makes coverups a lot cheaper than any other alternatives (apart from Tat B Gone of course; ridiculously cheap stuff). I mean how much would it cost to get your tattoo covered up? $500? $1000, if it's a particularly big tattoo. Let's compare that to what it would cost to remove that tattoo with lasers. Big tattoo, you would be looking at many many thousands of dollars. Getting a coverup is on the low end of the scale in terms of cost of tattoo removal, and that's one the reasons I think it's the best kind of tattoo removal.

Now here is probably the biggest reason why I think coverups are the best kind of tattoo removal; the shear time in which it can be done. Do you have any idea how long it takes to remove a tattoo with laser ? Or even with Tat B Gone? Because these are not quick processes. If story of getting your tattoo in the first place is a big action-packed bonanza; directed by Michael Bay and an excessive special effects budget, then the story of getting rid of your tattoo, is likely to be an epic Odyssey. How long do you think it takes to get a tattoo removed with a cover-up? It really doesn't take as long; I mean admittedly, you generally have to fade the tattoo first, but that doesn't take nearly as long as it would to completely remove the tattoo using any of the other options, and once you have faded the tattoo all you have to do is visit a tattoo parlor, and then Bam! Your tattoo is gone. Seriously; I really like that idea; getting your tattoo is an action-packed blast, getting rid of it should be one as well. If you want to get a cover-up to get rid of your tattoo, then it can be gone in the space of a few hours. And that is the biggest reason I think coverups are the best kind of tattoo removal; they only take a moment to get done.

And there you have it; that's my pick for the best kind of tattoo removal. Now admittedly many of you are probably already mentally writing e-mails to me, complaining that coverups just don't count as a form of tattoo removal, and I'm prepared to admit that coverups aren't for everyone, but when you consider the low prices, and the quicker timescale, I'm happy to endorse coverups as the best kind of tattoo removal. I'm not even trying to sell you anything; I don't have any kind of deal with any kind of tattoo artist in order to plug their work(although that's a great idea if anyone out there wants to e-mail me) I genuinely think that if you have an ugly tattoo what you need to do is find a tattoo artist(maybe not your regular one) and simply get a nice new tattoo to cover the old one up.

It's been fun kids but now I have to go. I want you all to remember the tattoo removal motto; before getting a tattoo always ask yourself, am I, in this particular chronological moment, drunk off my face?

Thank you and goodnight.


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Tat B Gone, Tattoo Removal - RemoveBadTattoos

I wrote this article to give more information on Tat B Gone which I think I was rather hard on in my last article, if this sounds like the kind of thing you might be interested in reading; then by all means read on.


In last article about Tat B Gone I wrote that I only gave it a 50-50 chance of successful tattoo removal. I've since been chasing down a lot of information and I think that information I gave was misleading.

I think Tat B Gone is extremely reliable; as long as you're using it on the right kinds of tattoos.

If you have a giant phoenix on your back for instance, a great big, red colored bird dripping flames from the edges of its feathers, then Tat B Gone probably isn't for you. If however if your tattoo is a nice simple thing that you want to get rid off; something like the name of an ex loved one inscribed somewhere rather private, I think Tat B Gone is the tattoo solution for you.

Here's what I came to find; Tat B Gone, when it was reported as working, seems to work best on very simple tattoos, very small, very straightforward, black and white. Now if your tattoo is big, complex and vibrant, then Tat B Gone might not work that well for you.

But I know there are lots of you out there with much simpler tattoos, and I think Tat B Gone would be great for you.

Let me share with you a story I heard. The hero of our story is a young man who at a young age fell in love with a girl, as we all do. Where his story differs from a lot of people, I hope, is that he decided to get the girl's name tattooed onto his arm. We fast foward the story for a couple of decades and we meet up with our hero again. Turns out his new fiancé disapproves of the tattoo, but he doesn't have enough money to get a tattoo lasered off.

What's our hero to do?. I'll tell you what our hero does; he orders Tat B Gone and gets the tattoo removed that way. Since his tattoo was a nice simple one: just plain black and white with thin lines. The tattoo is gone before he knows it.

And that's why I am now unconditionally supporting Tat B Gone; on the single condition that your tattoo is not too large and complex for to work effectively.


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The cost of getting a tattoo removed - RemoveBadTattoos

I've written this article to help people find out how much it's likely to cost to get their tattoos removed, if that sounds like something you might be interested in then please read on.

Cost of tattoo removal

I'm a big fan of saying that there are really only three options if you want to remove tattoo's; you have Laser (the big daddy of the bunch), tattoo removal creams like Tat B Gone, or, my personal favourite, cover-ups.

Now I want to take a moment to review all these methods.

We start off with Laser tattoo removal. Now laser is what most people think of when they think about tattoo removal, and for good reason; laser is pretty much the standard when it comes to tattoo removal, it's been in use since the late 1980's and has pretty much been improving since then.

Now while laser is great at removing tattoos there is a problem with it and that is the expense involved in using it. As I've already shown the cost of laser tattoo removal really is quite extraordinary. If you want to know how much it will cost to get rid of your tattoo with laser then you should know that it will easily sit at four digits.

Frankly a price in the thousands is a bit much for me. I'm not saying that I wouldn't use laser if I had a tattoo I wanted to get rid of, but I am saying that I would only be using it if I didn't manage to get rid of it with the next item on this list.

Tattoo removal creams like Tat B Gone are tricky things to work with. Sometimes they work great, and sometimes they don't work at all. It seems to me that some types of tattoos disappear more easily than others; if you have the name of an (ex)loved one tattooed on then Tat B Gone would be an excellent choice for dealing with it.

One thing I really like about Tat B Gone is the cost. There really isn't one. You can order a trial sample of Tat B Gone for $85, when you put that up against the thousands of dollars laser costs Tat B Gone looks really cheap by comparison.

In spite of everything Tat B Gone isn't my favourite method of dealing with tattoos; I'd like to introduce you all to the concept of cover-ups.

Cover-ups are really simple; you just tattoo a new tattoo over the one you want to get rid of. Here’s my favourite cover-up by the way.

Now we can split hairs all night about whether or not this is technically removing a tattoo, but I think we need to focus on the important thing here; there was a bad tattoo there, now there's not.

Ok so obviously cover-ups aren't for everyone; if you just want to get the tattoos off you then you can try one of the options above but if you want to get something out of being tattooed in the first place then cover-ups are the way to go.

But I still haven't been over the most important piece of information about cover-ups; the price. Cover-ups are only the price of a new tattoo, and while that makes it slightly more expensive than Tat B Gone, it also makes it far less expensive than laser. When you add that low price into the fact that cover-ups can be done in a few hours; as opposed to the year or so you need for the other two methods it's easy to see why I favour cover-ups other the other options.

So to summarise if we were to lay out methods of tattoo removal from most expensive to least expensive it would look something like this; Tat B Gone, Cover-up, Laser.


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How Laser Tattoo removal works - RemoveBadTattoos

I've written this article to cover how Laser Tattoo removal works; if that sounds like something you might be interested in then please read on.


How Laser tattoo removal works

Laser tattoo removal is a fun thing I'll explain in full how it works in a moment, but first I'm going to need to explain how tattoos work.

Tattoos are hardly the only things that get lodged in your skin; you would really be surprised just how much your skin has to deal with on a daily basis. Fortunately for you your skin is quite effective at dealing with the foreign bodies that get lodged in it on a daily basis.

Then tattoos come along.

Tattoo inks are simply too big to be removed; the skin can try to remove them as much as it likes, but it's like trying to force a camel through the eye of a needle; those inks aren't going anywhere.

Then laser Tattoo removal comes along.

Now if you want me to go into the technical detail about how the Q-switching on lasers work then you are going to be disappointed; there is no way I'm a skilful enough engineer to explain that properly; for now I'm just going to need you to accept that lasers are magical pieces of equipment that pack enough of a punch to sunburn your pancreas.

Remember how I said that Tattoo ink is made from particles that are too big for the body's natural processes to remove. Well the laser puts at stop to all that nonsense.

Let me walk you through laser tattoo removal step by step.

Step One: Phenomenal amounts of energy are pulsed into your soft flesh.
Step Two: Since the tattoo inks are darker than the flesh around them they absorb a lot more heat.
Step Three: The tattoos shatter into lots of little pieces. From heat.

I'm probably making laser tattoo removal sound more dangerous than it actually is. Don't worry; the Q-switching I mentioned earlier is designed to keep the laser duration on the order of nanoseconds; not nearly enough to cause any damage. You probably won’t feel anything other than a little hot slap; like being flicked with a rubber band.

That is basically how laser tattoo removal works; I hope I've been some help.


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Tat B Gone - RemoveBadTattoos

This article discusses the effectiveness of tattoo removal creams like Tat B Gone, if that sounds like the kind of thing you might want to learn about then please read on.

I've never heard of Tat B Gone.

Lucky you. Let me tell you, in the field of tattoo removal, tattoo removal creams like Tat B Gone are slightly more contentious than baby eating; absolutely nobody can agree on whether or not these creams actually work.

Well you can tell me, right?

I'm afraid I really, really can't. Maybe if I were more experienced I would be more opinionated on the subject, but when I look around the experts on tattoo removal and try to get their opinions on creams like Tat B Gone I really can't help but notice that they have exactly the disagreements we do; they're just louder about it.

Well I'm a careful guy, why should I risk something like Tat B Gone if you can't even tell me if it works?

I'm going to give you one really good reason why you should take a chance with home tattoo removal kits like Tat B Gone and that is, to quote the great Laurence Olivier "Money, dear boy"

Look I'm not going to stand here and tell you that if you use something like Tat B Gone then your Tat will actually be gone before you know it. I don't have the right to make a statement like that; I haven't done the experimentation; I haven't seen tattoos disappear before my eyes; so you won't catch me saying anything like that.

What I am going to stand here and tell you is that your alternatives for getting your tattoo removed are expensive, very expensive. I hope you haven't forgotten already but I've waxed poetic about the cost of laser before.

If you want to get a tattoo completely removed then you are left with really only two options; laser, or these creams. There are of course a number of other option, but frankly they scare the hell out of me, and if you want to take one of those options then that's fine; it's a personal choice, but if you're someone like me who gets squeamish at the thought of sandpapering the skin down until you strike ink then your options are spend a fortune on laser or take a risk with Tat B Gone.

I was on this forum once and this tattoo artist said that the creams didn't work at all.

Well like I said earlier I'm not going to stand here and tell you that Tat B Gone definitely works; it’s really not my place to do so. Let me tell you what I've seen just from asking around.

Tat B Gone and other tattoo removal products like it are ridiculously divisive they're like an abortion clinic at the front lines of the Iraq war; when people are asked to give their opinion on Tat B Gone they tend to fall into one of two camps; the first camp claims that it doesn’t work at all while the second camp swears by it.

Trying to work out what's going on really is a huge problem for me. I can't in good faith endorse a tattoo removal product if I'm not 100% sure that the product works. So I have put quite a bit of effort into wrapping my head around the whole Tat B Gone division, and here's what I've come up with.

Tat B Gone will work great, but only for about half its customers.

Oh come on! You make me read all this way and that's the best you can give me?

Sorry, but that's honestly what I've come up with with regards to home tattoo removal kits like Tat B Gone, if you want to give it a try then I'll give you a 50/50 chance between your tattoo disappearing and you getting no effect whatsoever.

You're only giving me a 50% chance of my tattoo disappearing? Those aren't great odds chief.

I would have to disagree there; 50% gives you even odds; it's all a question of how lucky you feel.

Why don't we run a few numbers here?

If you want to get rid of your tattoo with laser then you would be lucky to pay less than $1000; let's simplify matters and say that for your tattoo the laser treatment is going to cost $2000.

You can get a trial kit of Tat B Gone for $85; now that isn't a remotely fair comparison. Take a look at the statistics again; at odds of 50/50 Tat B Gone is a total non-brainer. Even if we rounded up the price of Tat B Gone and called it $100 it's still a great deal; you would have to round it all the way up to $1000 before those 50/50 odds put it on equal standing with the laser.

That sounds pretty good, but is it actually right for me?

I can't answer that for you; I've never met you and I have no right to say whether or not Tat B Gone is the right approach for you.

I will say this however.

I’d try it.


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Laser tattoo removal, how much does it cost? - RemoveBadTattoos

If you want to know the cost of getting a tattoo removed with laser tattoo removal then please read this article.

Cost of laser tattoo removal

If you want to get laser tattoo removal then you're probably wondering how much it's going to cost. First of all I've got some bad news for you; it's going to be a lot. Unfortunately getting a tattoo removed is going to cost more than it did when you got it, and if you don't use anaesthetics it's going to be a lot more painful as well.

Gang tattoo removal

If it's a gang tattoo you want to get removed I have some good news for you; there are a lot of community organizations that will help you offset those costs; if you Google for them you should know to find a few near you.

Why removing a tattoo is expensive

For the rest of us unfortunately removing a tattoo is going to be expensive. How expensive you ask? It's going to vary a lot; let me explain. There are a lot of factors that affect how easily a tattoo can be removed; there's the size of the tattoo, the colour of the tattoo, the type of ink used in the tattoo, whether the tattoo is old or new, and the level of skill of the tattoo artist that made it.

Getting a tattoo removed by laser is something that has to be done in sessions, and it will take more than one session. Now the cost of a session is going to vary between various organizations but the real cost multiplier in this case going to be the number of sessions that you'll have to take; if you have a small black and white tattoo made by an experienced artist, then you can probably expect to get your tattoo removed in just session or two, but if you have a large complicated tattoo involving turquoise ink that was made by an inexperienced tattoo artist (i.e. your friend with a modified electric toothbrush) then it can take up to 15 to 20 sessions.

Obviously there is a huge amount of variation in the cost of getting your tattoo removed, but I want to remind you again of the rule of thumb; getting a tattoo removed is going to cost a lot more than getting it in the first place.

Calculating cost of laser tattoo removal

Here is a rough method you can use to calculate the cost of getting a tattoo removed. First of all what you've got to know when getting your tattoo removed is that the session can cost $200-$500. For the purposes of this exercise let's just say that the session is $300. Once you've got the costs for the session the system is a little bit more tricky; what I want you to do is look at your tattoo and think objectively about it; if it's a big complicated design involving a lot of colours then you can expect the number of session you need to have to skyrocket, If it's a nice small design in black-and-white then you really won't need as many sessions to get your tattoo removed; as a general rule of thumb it's going to take somewhere between two and 20 sessions to get a tattoo removed, and that means getting your tattoo removed (assuming a cost per session off $300) is going to cost you anywhere between $600 and $6,000.

So in conclusion getting a tattoo removed by laser is not going to be a cheap process; you can expect to pay a lot to get your tattoo removed.

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