A tattoo black tattoo on the upper arm, lower torso, upper torso, shoulder reached 25% fading after 3 sessions at New You Aesthetics over 8 months. Total cost: $250.
Before (session 0) and after (session 3) at New You Aesthetics.
The tattoo
A medium black tattoo on the upper arm, lower torso, upper torso, shoulder, 5–10 yrs old when treatment began.
The upper arm is close to the axillary lymph nodes, which supports efficient clearance between sessions.
Older ink benefits from years of natural immune-driven fading: macrophages have been working on the particles throughout the tattoo's life, reducing effective density before treatment begins.
Timeline
3 sessions at 10-12 weeks intervals accounts for roughly 22 weeks of active treatment.
The total reported duration was years and 8 months, which means roughly 12 weeks of gaps between sessions.
That spacing is within the generally accepted 6 to 12 week range.
Cost
New You Aesthetics: $250 across 3 sessions works out to $83 per session.
Reputable providers typically charge $350 to $700 per session; at $83, this is well below market rates, pointing to package pricing.
The laser
New You Aesthetics treated this case with the Q-Plus C, a nanosecond Q-switch platform.
For black ink, it operates at 1064 nm with a pulse duration of 6 ns.
Bottom line
"I did put a lot of thought into some of my tattoos, and then some were definitely more impulsive I was probably just trying to feel something tbh, but even the tattoos that I put a lot of thought into, I still regret"
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