THINGS YOU HEARD US TALK ABOUT

We're still in the middle of the tattoo boom.  But eventually it's going to end, and you'll wish your right calf didn't have a picture of Tweety Bird and a random Chinese symbol you were TOLD means "happiness."

--According to a new study in the American Medical Association's "Archives of Dermatology", here are the four ways to make your tattoos EASIER TO REMOVE:

#1.)  Stop smoking.  If you're a smoker, there's a 70% lower chance your tattoo will be successfully removed after 10 sessions.  The main reason is that smoking hurts your body's ability to heal from wounds.

#2.)  Make sure it's small.  Tattoos larger than 12 inches were much harder to remove than smaller tattoos.

#3.)  Avoid blue and yellow ink.  Black ink was the easiest to remove, with red and green right behind.  Yellow was extremely difficult to remove, and blue was the toughest.

#4.)  Avoid your feet and legs.  Tattoos on the lower part of the body were more difficult to remove than tattoos higher up.

--Overall, the study found 47% of people had tattoos that were successfully removed after 10 laser removal treatments.  75% were removed after 15 treatments. 

 (Wall Street Journal)