A medium black tattoo on the upper arm reached 25% fading after 13 sessions at Removery over 3 years. Total cost: $1,400.
After 13 sessions at Removery.
The tattoo
A medium black tattoo on the upper arm on Type I skin (very fair, always burns), less than 1 year old when treatment began.
Fitzpatrick Type I allows the highest laser energy settings with the lowest risk of pigmentation changes.
The upper arm is close to the axillary lymph nodes, which supports efficient clearance between sessions.
Fresh tattoos start at full ink density with no prior fading, so the laser encounters them at their heaviest point.
Timeline
13 sessions at 6-8 weeks intervals accounts for roughly 84 weeks of active treatment.
The total reported duration was 3 years, which means roughly 70 weeks of gaps between sessions.
That spacing is within the generally accepted 6 to 12 week range.
Cost
Removery: $1,400 across 13 sessions works out to $108 per session.
The average per-session rate in Indianapolis runs $177 to $485. At $108, this is below local market rates, which suggests a package deal or small-tattoo pricing.
The laser
Removery treated this case with the PicoSure, a picosecond platform.
For black ink, it operates at 1064 nm with a pulse duration of 550 - 750 ps.
PicoSure's black ink adapter (1064nm) is considered largely ineffective by most experienced providers; the native 755nm is its strength.
Bottom line
"I did avoid sunlight but that was easy because most tee shirts or long sleeves would cover it"
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