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The Scoop on Tattoo Removal

Do you have any tattoos?  How many do you actually still like?  I’ll confess… I have more than one… and I hate one of them.  It needs to be removed as soon as possible, but at the moment, I didn’t think before I inked.  Truth is – about 45 million Americans have at least one tattoo and nearly half of them regret it.

According to an AskJeeves.com survey, about 50% of men find tattoos on women to be a huge turn off.  A very attractive man once told me, “Seeing a tattoo on a hot woman is like seeing a bumper sticker on a Ferrari.”  Enough said.

However, getting tattoos removed isn’t a walk in the park.  ”Tattoo removal can take anywhere from three to twelve sessions depending on the depth and intensity of the coloring,” commented Cameron K. Rokhsar, Medical Director of the New York Cosmetic, Skin and Laser Surgery Center…

Chanel Gives New Meaning to Ink

Backstage at the Spring/Summer 2010 Chanel fashion show in Paris, makeup artists hand painted jewelry on models, but they weren’t the only ones. Rodarte also painted their runway models with tribal patterns and Jean Paul Gaultier followed by using airbrushing.  

Chanel’s Creative Director, Peter Philips, took the trend from runway to real-way by creating Chanel transfer tattoos called Les Trompe L’Oeil de Chanel.

Soon, they will be available online in fifty five different designs for about $75 each.  Leave it to Chanel to create a whole to meaning for temporary tattoos.