Pico Laser Tattoo Removal
Pico laser tattoo removal for every ink color, including reds, blues, and greens, with no numbing needed.
What is Pico laser
tattoo removal?
Pico laser tattoo removal safely and effectively removes tattoos of every color, amateur or professional, including red, fluorescent blue, and green inks.
Ultrashort laser pulses target the ink in your skin and break it into very small particles that your body naturally dissolves. The surrounding skin is left intact.
Each treatment is tailored to your tattoo to gradually and gently reveal your skin, with minimal downtime. It’s nearly painless and needs no numbing beforehand.
Call or book online to schedule your tattoo removal consultation.
- Every ink color
- Removes black ink and bright reds, blues, and greens.
- No numbing needed
- Treatment is nearly painless and starts right away.
- Minimal downtime
- The skin around the ink is left intact.
Curious about
tattoo removal?
Is tattoo removal right for you?
Every tattoo is different. At your consultation, your specialist examines your ink’s colors, depth, and age, then gives you a session range and the cost before anything is scheduled.
You Regret a Tattoo
Remove a tattoo that no longer fits your life.
Your Tattoo Is Colorful
Reds, blues, and greens can be removed along with black ink.
You Want a Cover-Up
Fading an old tattoo gives your artist room for new work.
You’re Worried About Pain
Pico treatment is nearly painless and needs no numbing.
Your first session, start to finish
Here’s what happens at your first visit, from the moment you sit down with one of our certified laser specialists to the moment you head home.
The consult
Your specialist looks at your tattoo’s size, colors, ink density, age, and location. You talk through your goal, full removal or fading for a cover-up, and get a session range and the cost before anything is booked.
Straight to treatment
No numbing cream is needed, so treatment starts right away. If you’re especially sensitive, tell your specialist and your settings are adjusted.
The laser pass
The Pico laser moves across the ink in ultrashort pulses that most patients feel as a quick, light snap. You may hear popping sounds as the ink particles burst. This photo-acoustic effect is very selective to the ink and won’t harm the surrounding skin. A small tattoo takes minutes, and a larger one takes longer.
Before you leave
Your specialist explains your aftercare and schedules your next visit a few weeks out. That gives your body time to clear the ink, so your tattoo fades between sessions.
Questions about
tattoo removal?
We use a Pico laser, which delivers its energy in pulses lasting trillionths of a second. We previously used Lumenis® Q-Switch technology for black, blue, and other dark tattoos.
Yes. Our Pico laser removes tattoos of every color, including red and fluorescent blue and green inks, on amateur and professional work alike.
It’s nearly painless. Most patients feel a quick, light snap, and no numbing is needed beforehand.
It depends on your tattoo’s size, colors, ink density, age, and location. Your specialist gives you a session range at your consultation.
The skin around the ink is left intact. Some whitening, redness, and mild swelling right after a session are normal and settle within days.
Often the same day. We offer same-day appointments, so call 630-541-8413 or book online.
Tattoo removal in Downers Grove
Every session happens at our office downtown, a short walk from the Main Street Metra station. Our certified laser specialists treat tattoos here, and we offer same-day appointments, so you can start this week.
960 Warren Ave.Downers Grove, IL 60515
Hours
- Monday
- 10 am – 6 pm
- Tuesday
- 10 am – 6 pm
- Wednesday
- Closed
- Thursday
- 10 am – 6 pm
- Friday
- 10 am – 6 pm
- Saturday
- 10 am – 3 pmLater Saturday appointments available on request.
- Sunday
- Closed
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Medically reviewed by Barbara Kowalczyk, FNP‑BC and Michael Fressola, ACNP‑BC, board-certified nurse practitioners at Skin Med Spa. This page is for education and is not a substitute for a personalized medical consultation.