People get tattooed for a number of reasons. Some get it done as a mark of identification to a group, a religious symbol, as a form of art or for remembrance. The process of tattooing is elaborate, takes time and involves a great deal of money. A tattoo can be designed in various shapes and styles such as tribal tattoo, zodiac tattoo, Celtic tattoo, flower tattoo, heart tattoo etc. Moreover a tattoo can be made on any part of the body like arm, belly, lower back, upper back, and ankle and in many other places. Although tattooing is basically permanent but nowadays with technological advancements there are methods of tattoo removal.
There are several tattoo removing methods that has become popular. Dermabrasion is the process that sands away the top layer of the skin by abrasive friction. Excision is another method where tattoo is cut from the skin and the skin is then again sewn back. These were some of the popular oldest techniques of tattoo removal. However most of them were painful and ineffective. The tattoo removing process that has replaced all the other techniques of olden times is the laser removal method.
The laser technique happens to be the most popular one in the recent times. It can remove the tattoo design without leaving any marks behind. You may be thinking how the laser treatment works? During the treatment, the light of the laser breaks up the ink of the tattoo into tiny particles that are absorbed gradually by the skin. A slight discomfort may be experienced while the laser treatment but to overcome it a local anesthetic can be used for eliminating the pain.
Each tattoo design has different features influencing the number of removal sessions. These include the ink, color, size and the age of the tattoo. The sessions required is determined primarily by the tattoo color. Most of the tattoos have made with different color families and different laser is required for each. Usually 3-8 sittings are needed for removing any tattoo design. However some tattoo designs require 15-20 sittings for removing them. Sittings are usually done at 4-6 weeks interval.
Q-switch Nd-Yag 532 & 1064 lasers are mainly used for removing tattoo designs. When the inking is deep in dermis, it causes depression. This depression is leveled and resurfaced with pixel Er-Yag 2940 laser. The cost of removing varies according to the color and size of the body art.
With laser removal process, there is very little scarring. People either suffer from loss of pigment or from excess pigment after removing the tattoo using this laser technology. However this depends upon the skin type. But you do not need to worry about this because the original skin tone comes back overtime.
As far as the usefulness of the laser treatment is concerned, it has been able to remove almost all kinds of tattoo designs. So, if you are planning to remove your own body art, you can use this laser technology for tattoo removal.
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