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If you want that tattoo erased it’s going to hurt and it’s going to cost you

On Nov. 19, 2025, Tracy Herrmann underwent laser tattoo removal at Chroma Tattoo Studio in West Bloomfield with owner Jaime Howard; Herrmann, 54, of Plymouth, is removing four phrase tattoos and has more sessions ahead.
Clinics report personal transitions and changing priorities prompt many clients, with Chroma owner Jaime Howard saying boredom plays a role; a 2023 Pew Research Center survey found 32% of adults have tattoos, about 24% regret them, and about 22% have more than one.
Most sessions run under a minute, yet removal typically requires eight to 12 treatments; clients and clinicians like Ryan Wright describe the pain as a snapped rubber band or hot bacon grease, with Herrmann rating it a 10.
Clinics note the minimum fee is $100 per session, and providers require consultations and signed waivers due to risks like autoimmune disease and scarring, Howard said.
Leon Goldman pioneered early laser use on tattoos in the 1960s; Ryan Wright does about a dozen treatments daily, while celebrities like Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox seek removals despite higher pain and costs.

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If you want that tattoo erased it’s going to hurt and it’s going to cost you

By COREY WILLIAMS DETROIT (AP) — Colin Farrell’s had it done — many times. So have Angelina Jolie and Megan Fox. Heck, even Bart Simpson did. Whether it’s Marilyn Monroe’s face, Billy Bob Thornton’s name, a sultry rose or even Bart’s partially inscribed homage to his mother, some tattoos simply have to go for one reason or many others. But the process of taking them off is longer, much more costly and ouch — extremely more painful than getting t…

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