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Basic Ink-Stinct

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August 31,2017

Ink-stinct Thinking of removing a botched tattoo? Tattoo removal expert DR KEVIN CHUA tells you what to expect.

- Yip Jieying

Basic Ink-Stinct

We live in an age where “YOLO” (you only live once) is the new “Seize the day”. But sometimes you can’t carpe diem away a botched impulsive tattoo that looks more like an infected splotch than a work of art. Enter Dr Kevin Chua, of family clinic Drs Chua & Partners. Consider him the rogue tattoo buster: other than GP expertise, the clinic also offers aesthetics and tattoo removal services such as laser treatments. So, good news, you don’t have to be stuck with a tattoo you hate. But there are certain considerations you must make before you zap off that offending ink. We get Dr Chua to spill the, erm, ink.

8 DAYS: Do you see more patients these days regretting their tattoos?

DR KEVIN CHUA: Yes, especially with the trend of eyebrow embroidery. I’ve also had people who e-mail me an hour after getting a tattoo on impulse, saying: “I’ve ruined the skin my mother gave me!” (

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