Frequently Asked Questions

Getting Lasered

Q Aftercare

The more you ice after treatment, the better you’ll heal. Keep it dry for a few days, stay out of bacteria-heavy places (pools, gyms, hot tubs), and protect from sun. Questions? Text us.

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Q How To Choose Your Laser Tech

Anyone can buy a laser and take a weekend course.

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Q Preparing for Your First Treatment

Avoid sun and self-tanner for 2 weeks prior, wear comfortable clothes that give us access to the tattoo (or be comfortable stripping).
Bring your questions and medication list. Anxious? Let us know!

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Tattoo Removal

Q How Long Does Tattoo Removal Take?

We don’t know. And anyone who says they does isn’t being honest.
It’s generally not a one-and-done sort of situation. How long it takes depends on so many factors: including your goals, your tattoo, your lifestyle and health, and your laser tech.

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Q How Tattoo Removal Works

Laser tattoo removal uses photoacoustic energy to shatter pigment into tiny particles that your body flushes through its renal system.
This partnership of technology and your body’s natural processes requires adequate spacing between sessions for best results.

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Q How To Switch Laser Tattoo Removal Providers

You’re not locked in. Started somewhere else and not seeing results? Feeling like a dollar sign instead of a person? Your tech left and now you’re stuck with someone green? Switch. We’ll pick up where they left off – after giving your skin a proper break.

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Q What to Expect

Never been lasered before? Here’s what happens when you visit us. Quick heads up: We share a space with Urge 2 Tattoo, which is 18+. Please arrange childcare – kids under 10 can’t come into the laser room. Before You Arrive Finding us: GPS likes to send people down weird alleys. Don’t fall for it. […]

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On Lasers

Q What’s the Difference?

There are three market leader laser technologies used in the laser tattoo removal industry. PicoWay Quanta PicoSure Technology employs a picosecond laser system, delivering ultra-short pulses of laser energy in picoseconds uses a Q-switched laser system, specifically the Q-Plus C and Q-Plus EVO models, which emit high-intensity nanosecond pulses of laser energy utilizes a picosecond […]

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On Us

Q What Laser Do You Use?

We use one of the best lasers available – the PicoWay, but what really matters is the expertise behind it.

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Q Why Choose Legacy?

We’re Edmonton-owned, community-connected, and we’ll be straight with you about what’s possible. We’ve been in the game since 2016, learned directly from legends in the field.
Your skin matters more than our bottom line.

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Q Why We Don’t Offer Complete Removal Packages

We want you to choose us because you trust the results and the experience – not because you’re locked into a contract.

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Cover Up Tattoos

Q For Tattoo Artists

We fade tattoos, making your cover up tattoo easier.
We can treat the whole tattoo, or target specific sections or colours standing in the way – and we’ll keep treating until you say the word.
Want to learn more? Text us!

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Q How We Work With Your Tattoo Artist

We can treat the entire tattoo or work with your tattoo artist to target specific sections or colours that are making your cover up difficult.

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