People love lip tattoos! And it’s obvious why – getting your lips colored in with permanent makeup absolves you from applying and reapplying lip products, it gives your lips an illusion of more volume, and it won’t wash off no matter what you do.
But when a lip tattoo goes wrong, it can be a major source of frustration. Then you try to research options for lip tattoo removal, and you’re left not knowing what to do! There’s a lot of conflicting information available on whether it’s possible to remove a lip tattoo, and which is the best way to do it.
So we’re looking into options for removing unwanted pigment from the lips more thoroughly, with the hope of providing you with clear information on what you can do to get rid of your lip tattoo gone wrong.
Most pigments used for lip PMU contain a certain amount of titanium dioxide – a type of white pigment often present in lighter formulas.
When titanium dioxide is touched by a laser beam, it often oxidizes and turns dark. It can look grayish, blueish, or even black. This color is removed with further treatments, but not until several weeks later, once the skin has healed from the previous session. This color change is essentially harmless, but it’s definitely not attractive.
This is why most clients refuse to get laser lip tattoo removal, and go for non-laser options instead, or get 1-2 sessions of laser, and then switch to non-laser options.
