While tattoos have been around for centuries, laser tattoo removal is only about 20 years old, before that strong, painful acids that often left scars without the best results were the main method of tattoo removal. Tattoo removal is still a new-enough niche that hard statistics are difficult to come by, but anecdotal evidence suggests it's growing fast. Winter park Laser decided to offer laser tattoo removal because there were only about 2 other medical spas in Orlando performing the treatment.
So why would tattoo removal start becoming more popular now? For starters many military and government agencies such as fire stations are now requiring that to work or join the military you can not have any tattoos showing. Also the need for removal has grown since tattoos have grown in popularity over the years. A 2006 Northwestern University survey estimated that almost a quarter of people between the ages of 18 and 50 have tattoos; the same year, the Food and Drug Administration placed the number of Americans with tattoos at around 45 million. And, economically speaking, tattoos and tattoo removal are complementary goods, like hot dogs and hot dog buns: As more and more people get tattoos, it follows that more and more people might want to get them removed. In fact, the Northwestern survey also found that about 17 percent of study participants were thinking about tattoo removal. What's more, the growth in tattoos appears to be especially big among younger people — which would indicate that the demand for tattoo removal hasn't even crested yet.
Also the laser technology to remove tattoos has great improved and is now strictly performed under physician supervision in medical spas or doctor's offices as opposed to tattoo parlors attempting to perform laser tattoo removal. The bottom line is that as long as there are tattoos, the rise in laser tattoo removal will continue.
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