A man was left startled as he began undergoing a laser removal procedure to get rid of a tattoo - and developed a huge BLISTER half an inch high on the tattoo area. Andrew Milne, 32, set about having a tattoo of a rose removed from the third finger on his left hand - which had been tattooed there to cover up a former tattoo of his ex-wife's initials. But after just his second laser session on Friday (Sept 21), Andrew was alarmed to wake up the following morning and find a huge, tough blister covering the tattoo. Andrew, a fashion account manager from Northamptonshire, said: "It was quite alarming.