Tattoo Removal

Advantages:

• No scarring – The laser light is designed to leave your healthy skin cells alone. This means that the potential for scarring is low, which contrasts removal methods that rely upon “sanding” the skin.
• Effective fading and removal of tattoos – Laser removal can effectively diminish the appearance of tattoos without the lasting effects that can make other methods of removal undesirable.
• Minimal recovery – After receiving treatments of laser tattoo removal, you need to protect your skin from ultraviolet radiation for a few days. A small amount of redness and tenderness may persist, but these effects should subside within a few days of treatment.
• Removing specific or entire tattoos – Laser tattoo removal can remove specific tattoos or cleanse entire regions of your body from tattoos.
• Safety – Laser tattoo removal is one of the safest ways to remove tattoos. The risk of infection is minimal, few undesirable side effects occur after receiving treatment and comfort tends to stay high during the treatment process.

Downtime:

Wait for at least one day depending on the size of the tattoo. Smaller tattoos need less downtime because there is less ink. A really small tattoo may need no downtime at all.

Other tattoo removal procedures:

• Surgical excision:
  The tattooed skin is excised.

  Advantages:
  

  1. Single session.
  2. Immediate results.

  Disadvantages:
  

  1. Scarring.
  2. Downtime for suture to heal.

• Skin grafting:
  Skin from different part of the body is taken and grafted on to the affected area.

  Advantages:
  

  1. Single session

  Disadvantages:
  

  1. There would be no scarring; however there would be little discrepancy of color of the skin as the skin is taken from different parts of the body.