In the past 10 years or so, tattoo removal has gone from being an expensive procedure performed by a dermatologist to something you can get done on a walk-in basis at your local strip mall.
The number of laser-removal procedures is surging.
Members of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery zapped 63,000 tattoos in 2012 and 164,000 in 2019; even more tattoos have been removed by technicians at medspas and clinics.