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Kate Sheehan
Kate Sheehan has a passion for tattoos. She has them all over her body and adds to them regularly – around one new tattoo a month.
At the same time, she is conscious that sometimes there are tattoos that are no longer wanted.
Common examples include ex partners names, rebellious art from back in the teens or tattoos that just didn’t turn out how they were imagined.
“I’ve had a couple of tattoos myself that I came to dislike because they reminded me of certain times in my life that I did not enjoy, so I had them removed,” Kate says.
Since opening ECM Laser Tattoo Removal last month, Kate has removed tattoos for others who have found themselves with body art that they feel uncomfortable about and try to keep covered up.
Ironically, the need for a tattoo removal service came after Kate and her husband set up a tattoo studio in the same location at 66 Matakana Road in Warkworth. Many of their clients were eager to cover up tattoos that they no longer liked with other tattoos, but Kate says artists can often do a better job if the original tattoo is taken out.
Tattoo removal is accomplished using a laser, which breaks down ink particles into smaller pieces. These are gradually eliminated by the body’s immune system.
It typically takes around 10 treatments, spaced around eight weeks apart, to remove a tattoo. Though this varies depending on the tattoo, the skin type of the wearer and where it is located on the body.
Kate says once treatment is complete, the tattoo will have disappeared completely.
“It’s important to feel good in your body, and if we can help with that then that’s fantastic,” she says.
