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SHOULD I SHAVE BEFORE TATTOO REMOVAL?
Yes, you should shave before laser tattoo removal, with the exception of your eyebrows.
Before a laser tattoo removal treatment at NAAMA studios you’ll receive an email detailing how best to prepare for the experience. One of our recommendations is that you shave the area of skin around the tattoo that’s going to be treated.
If it is only a small area of skin that’s going to be treated our expert consultants will shave you before the treatment.
That’s a simple answer to a simple question.
The expert opinion
“The main reason we ask you to shave is so that the laser can reach the skin without any interference. If there is lots of hair covering the area the laser will just burn into the hair and not effectively, or evenly, target the skin,” says Verity, a consultant at NAAMA Studios.
“Another reason is that the dressing we apply after treatments sticks a lot better to skin than to hair.”
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Can you treat eyebrow tattoos or microblading?
With the low-energy LightSense™ laser our expert consultants safely and effectively remove eyebrow tattoos and microblading, putting your eyebrows at far less risk of skin blemishes or damage.