Tattoo Removal

Tattoo removal is a procedure done to try to remove an unwanted tattoo. Common techniques used for tattoo removal include laser surgery, surgical removal and dermabrasion. Tattoo ink is placed beneath the top layer of the skin. That makes tattoo removal more complicated — and expensive — than the original tattoo application.

Do you have a tattoo that you don’t want any more? If your answer is in the affirmative, then we can say you are not alone. People often want to get rid of their tattoos which they once cherished. Sometimes, the reason could be a lost friendship or a failed love affair, or a tattoo that was the result of a wrong decision. Laser tattoo removal is done by successful implementation of selective photothermolysis (SPTL). Laser beams disintegrate the tattoo ink particles and are gradually absorbed by the body and removed through body’s natural elimination process. The breakdown of the ink particles occurs when laser lights with a wavelength that falls within the absorption spectrum of the ink pigments are targeted. The ink particles absorb energy from the laser beams within nanoseconds. The temperature of the ink particles rise to thousands of degrees, but this does not affect the skin tissues as this absorbed energy instantly transforms to a Shockwave. This Shockwave causes the brittle ink pigments to fragment.