Portland has one of the highest tattoo densities per head in the United States, and a removal market that has grown alongside it, with clinics listed here across the inner east side, the Pearl District, downtown, Beaverton and Lake Oswego. Sessions run about $125 to $350. A quirk of a heavily tattooed city is that several Portland studios specialize in fading for cover-ups rather than complete removal, which takes 2 to 4 sessions instead of a full course. If you are planning new work over an old piece, say so at the consultation: it changes both the plan and the price.
