Removing telltale gang tattoos an expensive process

Removing telltale gang tattoos an expensive process
February 3, 2007
WILLIAM FINN BENNETT
North County Times

NORTH COUNTY ---- Gang tattoos often are used to tell the world the bearer is proud of his affiliation and his neighborhood, law enforcement officials and former gang members say.
But the indelible etchings are much easier applied than removed. The options are to cover them up with another tattoo or have them removed by laser ---- a painful, expensive process that is often beyond the financial reach of most former gang members.

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