The old adage is true – everyone makes mistakes. The world would certainly be a rather boring place if people didn't. Plus, gossip magazines would definitely never have existed, nor gossip in general. Some people make mistakes in regard to emotional choices. These emotional choices manifest themselves in two main ways: broken hearts, and body art.

Getting a tattoo of a lover's name usually is just asking for eventual tattoo removal. In fact, so many people have ended up having tattoo removal done because of ended relationships, that some tattoo artists refuse to do those kinds of tattoos in the first place!

It is estimated that of all the people in the world who get a tattoo to honor a lover, at least half of those people choose to get tattoo removal eventually. Of course, something that most people in this predicament wonder about is whether they can afford a tattoo removal procedure.

The overall cost will depend on several factors. The first of these factors is the age of the tattoo. The older the tattoo, the harder it is to remove. Also, tattoos that were created with India ink take a really long time to remove.

The process itself involves using laser light to permeate the skin layers containing the ink and remove those layers, one at a time. The laser is meant to stimulate blood flow, which in turn will promote the skin tissue to re-grow itself. Regardless of the age or the size of the tattoo, this procedure will cost, in total, a few hundred dollars.