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Tattoo Removal. Could have knocked me over with a feather. I really thought it would take longer for this to happen.

There are a few common tattoo removal methods — people try to rub them out with chemical lotions or have a doctor abrade or surgically cut them out. State-of-the-art removals are done with lasers that penetrate through the outer layer of skin and fragment the tattoo pigment.

Lasers require several treatments over a period of weeks, can cost hundreds of dollars and can be painful.