i need to know if theres a way to take away a tattoo. a simple way?

Answer 1

nope

thats why you have to think before doing

Answer 2

Tattoo removal has gotten better, as in you get a better end result with new methods than you would have before lasers were used. Prior to laser tattoo removal, the primary method was dermabrasion in which the skin would literally be carefully sandpapered off below the dermal layer where the ink was. There was also surgical removal of the tattooed skin. End result - tattoo might be gone but big scars were left behind.

Lasers eliminate the scarring, but it is still not a simple process. A laser breaks down the ink molacules beneath the skin surface so that the body can absorb them. The number of treatments needed to remove the tattoo will depend on the size of the tattoo, the colored inks used, how much ink actually exists in the tattoo and the dermal layer the ink is in, etc. It is expensive (average $400 per treatment) and multiple treatments will be necessary. It is also painful - some describe the pain as worse than that of the original tattoo.

Unfortunately, by its very nature of permanence, there is no simple way to remove a tattoo. It's one of the reasons that one needs to think long and hard before getting a tattoo in the first place.

Answer 3

Theres no simple way and PLEASE dont listen to some of the previous posters. The only know methods are below:

Excision

A popular method of tattoo removal especially when the dyed area is small is by excision. The advantage of this method is that the entire tattoo can be removed. With larger tattoos, however, it may be necessary to excise in stages, removing the center of it initially and the sides at a later date.

Excision involves an injection of a local anesthetic to numb the area after which the tattoo is removed surgically. The edges are then brought together and sutured. With this procedure, there is minimal bleeding which is easily controlled with electrocautery. In some cases involving large tattoos, a skin graft taken from another part of the body may be necessary

Dermabrasion

Another method of tattoo removal is called dermabrasion in which a small portion of the tattoo is sprayed with a solution that freezes the area. The tattoo is then "sanded" with a rotary abrasive instrument causing the skin to peel. Because some bleeding is likely to occur, a dressing is immediately applied to the area.

Laser

In recent times, many physicians consider laser surgery one of the best methods of tattoo removal . Today, the Q-switched Nd:Yag, Q-switched Alexandrite and the Q-switched Ruby are among the most frequently used lasers today for the removal of unwanted tattoos. They are all employed in a similar manner. If necessary, a cream to numb the skin can be applied prior to the treatment. Pulses of light from the laser are directed onto the tattoo breaking up the tattoo pigment. Over the next several weeks the body's scavenger cells remove the treated pigmented areas. More then one treatment is usually necessary to remove all of the tattoo.

Salabrasion

Salabrasion, a procedure which is centuries old, is a method still sometimes used today to remove tattoos. As with the other methods, a local anesthetic is used on and around the tattooed area after which a solution of ordinary tap water dipped in table salt is applied. An abrading apparatus such as the one used with dermabrasion, or an even simpler device such as a wooden block wrapped in gauze, is used to vigorously abrade the area. When the area becomes deep red in color, a dressing is applied.

Answer 4

I'm going to get some heat for this, but hear me out.

Laser surgery is an option, but not your only one. You dont have to scratch, burn, poke, prod or any other strange thing to get a tattoo off.

Websearch tattoo lightening cream, or tattoo removal cream. I swear to god, this stuff does work. Your results will vary depending on how deep your tattoo is, and the colors used in the tattoo, but it does work.

You MUST use it faithfully, as the instructions say, but I did this for about a year, and the tattoo is almost gone. It is SO light, I can barely see it. I've used this faithfully because I had some ugly ink I needed to get covered up.

If you want the tattoo completely gone, try this first (and take a picture of the day you start to compare your results). If nothing else, it will lighten it enough so that when you get laser surgery, you should only have to do one visit, as opposed to several.

Good luck...

Answer 5

There is no simple way to remove a tattoo.

Do NOT take the advice of some of the previous posters.

It takes 3 or 4 times as long to remove a tattoo by laser treatment than it does to get it done and up to 10 times the original cost of the tattoo.

If you don't like the design get it covered over with a design that will last.

If you absolutely hate the thought of a tattoo then the best way is to go to a professional rather than using home-made remedies which don't work or resorting to scratching it off as was suggested.

Answer 6

Tattoo removal is most commonly performed using lasers that react with the ink in the tattoo, and break it down. The broken-down ink is then absorbed by the body,mimicking the natural fading that time or sun exposure would create. This technique often requires many repeated visits to remove even a small tattoo, and may result in permanent scarring. The newer Q switch lasers are said by the National Institute of Health to result in scarring only rarely, however, and are usually used only after a topical anaesthetic has been applied

Answer 7

You once adored Janie, but Laura is your honey now. That dragon circling your arm wowed your college buddies, but the executives in the office aren't nearly as impressed.

Just as the number of Americans sporting tattoos has soared in the past decade, so has membership in another group: people who want their bodywork removed. Only then do they come to know the truth -- that laser tattoo removal is painful, expensive and may not do the job completely.

Soon there may be a solution to the phenomenon of tattoo regret -- removable tattoo ink. A company founded by doctors says it will begin selling such ink early next year. The ink is applied just as with any tattoo, and will remain in place as long as desired. But if the owner later decides that the artwork has to go, it can be removed fully and safely with a single laser treatment.

The founders of the New York company making the removable ink, Freedom-2 LLC, say their goal is to help those who have come to regret permanently decorating their bodies. But backers say the technology will not only simplify tattoo removal, it will create an expanded market for body art -- since consumers can be now assured that the tattoo will come off easily and without exorbitant cost.

"I think it will open a floodgate for people who want tattoos," says Dr. Bruce Saal, a Los Gatos dermatologist who specializes in laser tattoo removal and has invested in the company. "People will say, 'I want to do something a little wild. Now that I know it's not a lifelong commitment, I'll do it.' "

But others wonder if tattoo artists and their customers will spurn the new ink if it doesn't meet their artistic needs.

Answer 8

no way. you cannot remove the tattoo you have worn now.
but there is a new kind of tattoo making thats as same as what you have worn which can be erased by surgery. but this cannot be removed now. so wait untill theres a new invention to erase the tatoo. till then i can say that have patience
Good Luck
Bye

Answer 9

The simplest way is to take a sharp knife and carve out the flesh. Of course it will hurt like hell and leave a huge permanent scar.
There really is no simple way. Laser removal works the best but takes mutiple treatments.

Answer 10

Two ways go to the doctor and get it lasicly removed(w/ a lasser) it takes a couple months but hey u wer the one who got a tatoo in the first place of get it surgicly removed you could also just put concealer on it every day. The best and quiquest way to get rid of a tatoo is to never get one but i guess it's to late for that.

Answer 11

no simple ways and they're not cheap either. the tattoo probably took some work to get it there and probably pain too if it didnt then no good tattoo artist that did it.