Some patients who come into Dr. TATTOFF clinics for laser tattoo removal ask us if tattoo removal creams work well. The short answer is that we wouldn't be in business if they did. In fact, particularly since the administration of these creams isn't medically supervised, there are often some pretty serious side effects that can occur. Take for instance this young lady's experience. She's been using a tattoo removal cream called Nuviderm regularly for almost a year and now her tattoo looks...well, slightly blurry and a little darker somehow. If you read some of her very detailed blog entries you'll see that she got a pretty serious infection due to use of the tattoo removal cream, and had to go to a doctor. Of one of her visits to the doctor, she says "The nurse made it very clear that this is probably going to scar terribly." For the amount of money she spent on the product and doctor's visit, she likely could have had full laser tattoo removal at a Dr. TATTOFF clinic. The tattoo would have been gone by now and she would have zero scarring, side effects, or discomfort. If you're considering trying a tattoo removal cream, we encourage you to attempt to find one actual person who this method has worked for first. We also encourage you to learn more about laser tattoo removal. You'll be happy you did!