i had two tattoos on my throat removed with a laser. i can pretty much tell you how it will happen.
you will go to a consultation, and if you can afford to begin the procedure right away, you will begin right then and there. the person doing the procedure is not a doctor, so you will not be going under. if they provide novacain shots, they hurt like a motherfucker too, but takes the bite out of the lasers. the person will put glasses on you, you will lay there, and they will run this laser over your skin. every time it flashes it will burn a spot of the tattoo. if you choose to not do the novacain shots, then this will be the most extreme pain that you will ever feel in your entire life. the darker the tattoo, the harder the laser zaps it. once it is complete, the person will rub some burn creme on it and then you will be bandaged up. you will have to wear the bandages for a couple days, because now the spots on your skin are severely burned and can not be under sunlight. over the course of the next couple weeks your body will in a way digest the ink, as the laser only broke the pigments up, your body does the rest. you will probably go in every two weeks. it gets easier each time, but for some reason will always cost the same even though they are doing less work each time. imagine that.
you will have to go in multiple times. and it is very expensive.
i had gotten the two tattoos put on for $90. so far I have had two visits to have them lasered off, and it has cost $600 and i probably have one more visit to go.
the tattoos are almost gone.
i can not stress enough that it will be the most painful thing that you will ever experience. i passed a kidney stone once, and that was a walk in the park compared.