Why are you passionate about helping young people remove their unwanted or gang related tattoos? Rosalyn removing an unwanted hand tattoo from a young person. But the laser isn’t actually removing the tattoo it’s breaking down the ink into smaller particles that your body sees as foreign and then your immune system rids the ink from your body. For most people it takes 10 to 12 treatments to remove one tattoo. A really big tattoo may take longer, but for example a 3×3 inch tattoo may only take 20-30 seconds each session, with multiple sessions spread out over every 4-8 weeks. The laser fires off really quickly and it can be really painful people liken it to popping rubber bands or bacon grease hitting their skin. How does the removal process work? Does it take a long time? And there’s so many benefits to tattoo removal, not only emotionally, but for the public as well it increases public safety by reducing recidivism and violence and increases employment options for people when visible tattoos can block opportunities.
I don’t think people realize the removal process is really emotional. The thing about tattoo removal is you take something that you thought was permanent and you have the opportunity to get rid of that, to let that part of your life go. I remove tattoos for victims of domestic violence, human trafficking – all different kinds of people. Since I’ve been in the business for a long time now, I don’t just remove gang-related tattoos. Why do you think removing gang-related and unwanted tattoos is so important for young people?įor youth it’s important because we have to remove barriers that are going to keep them from job opportunities. That was in May 2013 and I’ve been volunteering ever since. I called SAY to see if they needed anyone with nursing skills – turns out they had just got a grant to buy their own laser machine for tattoo removal and needed a nurse to operate it. I had been working with at-risk youth and kids in juvenile hall for a long time, so I thought I could get involved with the program. Rosalyn Harvey: Soon after I became a registered nurse I read a newspaper article about SAY’s Clean Slate tattoo removal program. From left to right: Serene Cooper, SAY’s Director of Career Services Rosalyn Harvey, volunteer nurse for SAY and Vera Gutierrez, SAY’s Career Services Specialist. SAY staff presenting a volunteer award to Rosalyn to honor her dedication and service to young people.
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