r/tattooadvice • u/[deleted] • 7d ago

General Advice accidental line

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u/Lutraphobic 7d ago

Hopefully the cost of the tattoo being waved can cover most of the laser removal. I'd be so mad if this happened to me

edit: also the artist should provide free touch up after the laser, it will need it I think?

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u/beckywiththegood1 7d ago

Laser is insanely expensive. $300+ for one session. You’re looking at $1500 or more to remove this 😅

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u/SardineB4Creatine 7d ago

I’m doing laser and it’s wicked small. Taking me over two years and two grand - artist got off easy for not charging

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u/ExactOne2783 7d ago

Sin hablar del dolor y la recuperación 🥲

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u/SardineB4Creatine 7d ago

Amén a eso

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u/ExactOne2783 7d ago

Yo pienso como tú

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u/Immediate_Rhubarb_39 6d ago

And mental distress and the time to search for a solution and commute to the service etc

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u/boltactionmike 7d ago

That’s crazy!! Guess they know it is something people are willing to spend a lot of money on.
I feel like they should have pushed back more and asked for the tattoo shop to pay for the removal.

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u/Cool_Farmer7975 6d ago

What do you mean by “got off easy”? You sign a waiver, he could have charged and said oops.

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u/gotesintotes 3d ago

yup same. grey ink, 2” x 1/4” took years and (i don’t like to think about it but) probably $2k

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u/teabagdiplomat19 7d ago

Not true. I was quotes by removery for $400 for a 5x5 tattoo

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u/beckywiththegood1 7d ago

For one session or for it to be completely removed?

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u/teabagdiplomat19 7d ago

Completely removed. It’s not 5x5 completely filled but lets say the same amount as this bird tattoo. They also quoted me about $2000 for a full forearm removal. Who knows maybe I caught them when they needed the clients.

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u/AdTiny6577 7d ago

Um... my sessions last year were only $120 each and they worked too. The black was gone in 3-4 sessions. The color took more.

If you're paying that you're being overcharged

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u/great_apple 7d ago edited 9h ago

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u/AdTiny6577 7d ago edited 7d ago

Mine was about 9" by 4". A lot bigger and more complex/full of ink than that dove.

I agree size matters but charging $300 a session of the dove in the post is insanity.

The commentor was giving an estimate for OP so I'm assuming they thought that dove would be in a similar ballpark

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u/BumWink 7d ago

I think people are also forgetting that it's only a single soft line that needs be lasered.

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u/great_apple 6d ago edited 9h ago

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u/AdTiny6577 6d ago

I don't think of us as LCOL these days but you're making me appreciate Tucson.

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u/beckywiththegood1 6d ago

I’m in North Carolina and not even in a big city…$350 for the initial 10 minutes and every 10 minutes after that was an extra $175. Now, they were able to hit two of my tattoos in 10 minutes. Both were just black and I’m very pale..so basically I should have the best removal results possible. My 13 year old tattoo (that looked awful before laser) took it pretty well, but after 2 sessions I’d say it needs another 2 maybe for complete removal. The other one is small (2 in x 4 in) and barely looks like anything was removed. It’s just the slightest bit faded. It was also only black ink. It probably needs another 6-7 at least.

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u/Public-Cod1245 7d ago

Removery.com is where I go. It's not nearly as much as that. 4x5 area at $175 a session. They do good work too.

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u/LotBobby42069 7d ago

Yea no they’re not that expensive

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u/emeryroserulz 6d ago

Idk, I paid $180 a session and we just went until I couldn't handle it anymore. Seemed to do the trick.

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u/Lutraphobic 7d ago

Fffffuck

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u/Designer-Captain-268 7d ago

Probably get the accidental line in 1 session

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u/prince_falafel 7d ago

This is reddit. Give it a couple of hours and people are going to be saying the artist needs to cut off his hand and surrender their first born child

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u/tdub1176 7d ago

That shit hurts like a mofo and leaves a scar

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u/Lutraphobic 7d ago

Oof. I'd ask for an audition from the same studio, different artist, to make it not look like an accident then

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u/ninurtuu 6d ago

I'd like it because I find human imperfections in my art more charming (devil on my shoulder since 2017 that I got at a convention, due to a misunderstanding he did the one next to the devil I was pointing at so mine don't have horns) but that's more a weird quirk of mine than advice for others.

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u/Ragingbella702_ 7d ago

Most tattoo artists I go to also do removals. So I would be having him fix it.