Can You Make a Tattoo Lighter?

The question that highlights today’s feature is certainly different from the one that tattoo studios normally receive. For the most part, people with existing tattoos generally want to know if the work can be darkened. This is common not only among those who have had tattoos for a long time, but also among newly tattooed individuals. The intensely deep colour that clients see when they first get a tattoo is not what the finished result actually looks like. The ink will usually appear a tiny bit lighter and less vibrant once healed, as the skin has regenerated.

But again, information about darkening isn’t what you want to know. Instead, you have come online to inquire, “Can you make a tattoo lighter?” which is precisely what we answer below. Please keep reading.

Everything You Need to Know About Making a Tattoo Lighter

Why Would Someone Want to Lighten a Tattoo?

Motivations to lighten the appearance of a tattoo include the following:

• The healed work remains darker than anticipated and desired, and the wearer prefers that it be more aesthetically aligned with their preferences.
• A complex tattoo design (e.g., a mural or sleeve) would work better if certain elements were made lighter than others (e.g., subjects in the background vs. the foreground). This may not have been considered in the original plan and design.
• A client wants to do a cover-up tattoo but needs to lighten all or part of the existing tattoo to make the newly desired design possible.
  

How to Make a Tattoo Lighter

There is only one reasonable way to safely and effectively lighten a tattoo. The application of new technology that employs picosecond bursts of laser to break apart ink particles “just enough” to lighten the appearance of the tattoo (to the client’s stated goals) while not outright removing it or compromising the aesthetic (for non-cover-ups). All other purported lightening solutions are either antiquated, unsafe, or simply won’t work. And in most cases, all three unfortunate scenarios exist with these inferior alternatives. Click the following link for more information about the only laser technology you can choose to make your tattoo lighter.

Step 3: Book Your Consultation

Can you make a tattoo lighter? Yes, with state-of-the-art PicoSure and Hollywood Spectra laser technology. If you are located in or plan to visit the Greater Vancouver, BC area, you can schedule your FREE consultation at NIXX Laser Tattoo Removal (and lightening).