Then a new cover up tattoo be used to cover the darker areas and names on an old tattoo?

Or should I get darker areas of the tattoo lightened older first?

When you say lightweight, do you mean by laser? You can not reduce dark tattoo inks with lighter color. The clear ink does not cover dark colors, and therefore can not be used to alleviate them. The darker colors may be used as negative space. You can cover with dark ink, not lighter.

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