How Does Laser Tattoo Removal Really Work?
Ink used in the art of tattooing is designed to be permanent. This very fact makes the removal process more difficult. There may come a time in your life that you are considering the laser tattoo removal. Complete tattoo removal may not be possible. The laser practitioners and the many doctors that use this product state that about 95% of the tattoo can be removed with the latest lasers. This is especially true with the darker colored and the black inks. It has even been know that some government organizations will pay for the removal of gang related tattoos. The pain and expanse of the removal is typically a lot more then the cost of tattoos.
Some of the earlier Removal of tattoos methods was dermabrasion which is a surgical procedure to remove skin imperfections or blemishes like tattoos by abrasion. This very painful procedure was often done with wire brushes or sandpaper. Some of the results was less desired then the tattoo. With the use of general anaesthetic or what is called twilight anaesthesia where the patient is partly conscious. This leaves the skin very red and raw looking. Taking several months for skin to heal and regrow. This procedure is useful in scar Remove tattoo Copenhagen if the scar is raised about the skin level, but not so good if scar is sunken. Salabrasion is scrubbing the skin with salt.
Cryosurgery is the use of a freezing agent such as liquid nitrogen. This procedure works by using the destructive force that freezing temperatures will have on the skin cells. This procedure is minimally invasive. It has minimal cost, pain and scarring. There are risks as with any medical treatment, primarily damage to healthy tissue with concern of damage to nerve tissue. Minor to moderate localized pain with redness will occur. Treatment for that will be a simple analgesic as aspirin or ibuprofen. There may be some blistering but these will scab and peel away normally within several days.
Excision is sometimes used when the tattoo away area is small. One of the advantages of this method is the entire tattoo is removed. If the tattoo is large, this may have to be done in stages. A local anesthetic is injected to numb the area. The undo tattoo is cut out an the skin is sutured back together. It may be necessary for more then one session, or if the tattoo is large, a skin graft may be considered. This process is also known as resection. It is the complete removal of the tattoo by surgery usually from the middle out. This procedure has minimal bleeding that may be controlled with electrocautery.
The choice of most doctors today is the laser tattoo removal. The laser is highly concentrated color light beams. The energy is directed at the ink in the skin. The laser beams break the ink particles into tiny fragments. These fragments are cleared up and cleaned away by the bodys’ scavenging cells. This will probably take several sessions. Different colors, depth or ink, and size will all play a part in determining how many procedures will be necessary. The patient likes the fact there is no incisions and the procedure is bloodless. The laser will selectively target the pigment of that tattoo while no damage to the surrounding skin will occur. With deeper penetration of the skin level and with multiple sessions, some heat will be generated and may cause blisters and pain. With multiple treatments a chance of scarring is present.
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