Laser Tattoo Removal at Eden Liverpool Clinic

Generally speaking, the pain of removing your tattoo will be less than the pain of having it applied. Of course, everyone's pain threshold is different - and the pain will vary (in both cases) based on where the tattoo is located on your body.

Your tattoo will also be removed faster than the time it took to get the tattoo.

Some clients have compared the feeling of laser tattoo removal to the sensation of being flicked with a rubber band. Others have said it feels like oil splashing on the skin while cooking.

Eden Tattoo Removal try to reduce tattoo removal pain as much as possible, including the use of topical anesthesia creams for clients who are concerned of the pain upfront. This process requires approximately one hour of preparation time, prior to the treatment.

Laser tattoo removal devices have come a long way in recent years. Older CO2 lasers would create a burn which disrupted the ink, creating an injury which resulted in a skin trauma. This injury would then become scabbed, with the ink being removed from the body with the scab. While the method effectively removed tattoos, it was not a pleasant experience!

The devices used by Eden (PicoWay) use the latest laser technology to fracture the ink into tiny particles. These particles are then eliminated via your body’s immune system.

Additionally, our clinicians are certified and highly trained to ensure they match your skin with the correct device settings, minimising any chance of scarring.

NOTE: Laser tattoo removal uses a powerful medical grade laser and it's almost impossible to identify all the different types of inks. Inexperienced operators may configure the device incorrectly, causing inks to react to the laser... resulting in skin reactions. We have found textural changes can occur in the skin after healing, in less than 2% of cases.

When your tattoo is being removed by the laser, you will experience a white frosted crust on the treatment area. It is also natural to have some level redness & swelling... in rare cases, this may result in blisters forming because this is the body's natural healing process.

At Eden, we're focused on your skin health as much as your tattoo. Therefore, we will perform a test patch on large tattoos and check in with you after two days to see if there are any implications. Lastly, after the treatment, we will apply a gel wound dressing, and apply Bepanthen to assist with the healing process.

The person operating the laser will be one our expertly-trained, certified skin therapists. All our clinicians are put through comprehensive training in the use of our laser systems, which includes significant hands-on clinical training.

Not all laser tattoo removal clinics provide this level of training for their operators. But at Eden we believe it is highly advantageous for our clinicians to be certified skin therapists, so they understand the science behind the impact of lasers upon human skin.