I went and had a small spot on my “bug” arm zapped with a laser to see if laser removal is a possibility for me. I’ve never really been happy with the tattoos on my left arm and with laser I can erase what I don’t like and start again. 
My goal is to “lighten” the area (not completely remove) and then cover up my arm with something MUCHO more awesome.
It’s not as painful as it looks in the photo … Click on the photo if you want to see high-res.Â
It looks like the bugs are going to disappear quite easily. They were done single-needle and are already really fine/light. The stars on the other hand have thick out-lines but I just want to fade them out so I can cover them up.
I had the procedure done without any numbing cream (I’m so bad-ass) and it felt like someone was snapping a rubber band on my arm. It hurt but it wasn’t any worse then getting the tattoo. And it was FAST! I was in and out of the laser chair in less than 5 minutes. So now we’ll see how it heals up (and hopefully disappears) … and if it works well I’m going to do the rest of my arm! Wahoooo!
Can I write this off as a business expense??
Hi Sarah!
I was wondering (if you dont mind my asking) how much they charged you for that?
To do my whole arm it will be $800. It’s a lot of $$ so that’s why we did a “test” spot to see how it turns out.
Ouch that looks like it hurts!
I would really love to laser my chinese symbols before having gerry attempt to cover them but they are much thicker than your star so I don’t know how successful that would be