A large black tattoo on the forearm reached 75% fading after 9 sessions at Removery Portland OR over 5 years. Total cost: $6,000.
After 9 sessions at Removery Portland OR.
The tattoo
A large black tattoo on the forearm on Type III skin (medium, tans easily, rarely burns), less than 1 year old when treatment began.
Fitzpatrick Type III requires careful setting management to avoid temporary pigmentation changes between sessions.
The forearm drains adequately but sits further from the major lymph nodes of the torso.
Fresh tattoos start at full ink density with no prior fading, so the laser encounters them at their heaviest point.
Timeline
9 sessions at 8-10 weeks intervals accounts for roughly 72 weeks of active treatment.
The total reported duration was 5 years, which means roughly 186 weeks of gaps between sessions.
That spacing is within the generally accepted 6 to 12 week range.
Cost
Removery Portland OR: $6,000 across 9 sessions works out to $667 per session.
The average per-session rate in Portland runs $133 to $399. At $667, this is above the local average, likely reflecting the large tattoo size or premium clinic pricing.
The laser
Removery Portland OR treated this case with the Picoway, a picosecond platform.
For black ink, it operates at 1064 nm with a pulse duration of 240 - 450 ps.
Mike from GO describes PicoWay as a monster on black ink, and it is his personal choice for black ink removal.
Bottom line
"In 2019, i was finishing up with my masters program and scared about stepping into my career"
The last 5 to 10 percent of clearance is consistently the hardest phase: residual ink sits deepest, immune response slows, and the composition of what remains is unknown.
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