The stats donโt lie: Numbers report that out of all people in the U.S. that undergo tattoo removal, a whooping 70 percent are women. Whatโs more, the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery said the procedure saw significant increases in 2015, and was up by 37 percent.
Willowbrook, IL, dermatologist Jessie Cheung, MD, says sheโs absolutely been seeing a โsubset of women coming in to remove their tattoos,โ but sheโs treating one area a lot more than the rest: โThey come in for the tattoos on their lower backโthe โtramp-stamp,โโ she says. โAs lasers are becoming more demystified and the treatments are more efficient, women are realizing that they donโt need to live with tattoos that are from a previous lifetime.โ