Press Trust Of India – New Delhi: When Sonia Mehta got her boyfriend’s name inked on her right arm two-years ago, little did she know that the tattoo she wished to treasure lifelong will soon become a nightmare.

She now wants to get rid of the tattoo desperately since her boyfriend dumped her in December last, but the high cost of the removal — nearly Rs 50,000 to 80,000 — is much beyond her pocket and Mehta (name changed) is forced to live with the unwanted bodywork.

But what she missed out is that the help is at hand. A new laser treatment called ‘Q-switched Nd-YAG laser’, which has been recently introduced at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital (RML) in Delhi, charges only Rs 6,000 for tattoo removal.

“We are the first in Delhi to use Q-switched laser treatment, which is cosmetically superior to older destructive modalities, and it costs just Rs 1,000 per sitting,” Said Dr H K Kar, HoD Dermatology, RML Hospital.

“As only six sittings are needed for complete treatment, the total cost of the tattoo removal is only Rs 6,000, which is a meagre amount as compared to that of other hospitals, especially the private ones, which charge nearly Rs 8,000 to 9,000 per sitting,” Dr Kar said, adding they also take more sittings.

With the growing trend of tattooing in the country where the amazing body art is smiting not only the youngsters but also even older people slowly, the tattoo removal business is also gaining momentum.

“The simple fact is that people have changes of heart. Nowadays before getting a tattoo, the first thing youngsters ask is, will I be able to remove it, thus the techniques to remove these items are becoming more and more in demand,” said Suhash Kothari, who runs a tattoo parlour in the city.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Rs 6,000 is 6,000 rupee (currency of India). At the time of this blog post that equals USD $134.53. So just hop on over to Delhi, India for cheap laser tattoo removal.