Laser tattoo removal

For some, whether or not they would want to get a tattoo done is one of the hardest decisions that they are compelled to make in the course of their lives; while for the others, it is nothing more than a cakewalk. However, the choice of removing a tattoo is harder than it sounds and is accompanied by a lot of factors that must be taken into consideration before taking it off. Tattooing your skin means injecting the cells on the surface of the skin with tints and colors in a way that it would remain in its original form forever and will not fade away with time; removing the same therefore implies scooping out these colored compounds from the skin so that the surface regains its original natural and looks natural.

·         The technique

The laser tattoo removal process is hailed as one of the most favorable techniques when it comes to erasing the delineations of your skin. The method uses a laser to break up the pigment colors with a high-intensity light beam. Depending upon the intensity of the color, the application of the method varies; for instance, the color black absorbs all laser wavelengths thereby, rendering it as the easiest pigment to be removed from the skin. Coming to the other colors, they can be treated with solitary lasers that resemble the pigment. Remember, that the pigments of the tattoo will take multiple treatments to completely come off and the number of sittings, in turn, will depend upon the age of the person, size and color of the illustration. Furthermore, components like the color of the surrounding skin and how deeply has the pigments been injected will more or less influence the mechanism of removal.

·         What to expect?

When we are trying to list out the steps and results that you can expect while removing the tattoo through laser technique, we will not sugarcoat the fact that it is accompanied by immense pain, similar or rather more when compared to the sensation experienced while forming it. Nevertheless, the location of your tattoo also matters in this scenario; in some cases, the procedure that doesn’t hurt much and can be executed without anesthesia because the skin in that area is tougher and harder than the rest of the body and vice versa. Thus before getting started, your technician will perform a small patch test to identify the reactions to the laser to outline the most effective energy level for the treatment. Next, the technician would capitalize on the laser to transport pulses of intense light through the outer layer of the skin that apparently holds the tattoo and in a way that the light will be absorbed by the tattoo pigment only.

The ones which are smaller in size will naturally employ lesser pulses to permanently eradicate them as contrasted to the larger ones; but, one thing that we can assure you here is that the pigments will get lighter with each treatment. On completion of the procedure, you can soothe the affected area with an ice pack and keep it covered with an ointment and bandage to leave out all sorts of germs and infections.

Possible side effects      

Out of all the methods of treatment including salabrasion, excision, and dermabrasion, laser treatment is considered as the safest recourse one could resort to. The reason behind this assertion is that the laser treatment is a subjective approach and focuses only on the pigment in the tattoo. Nonetheless, the process is not completely devoid of side-effects but, its extent depends upon some of your choices.

·         You can sometimes expect your tattoo to be fully removed; meaning, there will be slight traces of color left over your skin even after the final treatment. But, what we can certainly assure you here is that, with the right form of specialist care, clients can attain a through scar-free removal. This is mainly becasue some colors take longer to get eliminated and leave negligible pigments after attaining the target sessions. The colors blue and black especially, respond swiftly to the laser treatment and vanish efficiently.

·         Even after the first stage of the laser tattoo removal treatment, the area can become vulnerable to infection if not treated carefully. Thereby, to steer away from these situations, listen to your dermatologist carefully and follow the measures that he thinks will accelerate your recovery and open doors to fulfill your expectations from the treatment.

·         Another consequence of the laser treatment (the probability of this is too less though) is hypopigmentation or hyperpigmentation; that is, after conducting the process, in the former case, the skin turns paler than the skin adjacent to it and in the latter, the treated skin becomes darker than the rest of your skin color.

Considering all the above-mentionedcomponents, you must first find a reliable dermatologist or cosmetic surgery center for enhanced treatment and care during and after the laser tattoo removal treatment.