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Tattoo Removal
People seek to remove tattoos for a variety of different reasons. They may simply be embarrassed by the attention it brings them in public or amongst family/friends. It may reflect opinions or beliefs they no longer have. It may reflect membership in a club or gang they are no longer affiliated with. It may be holding them back from getting a job. Whatever their reasoning, they do have options in fulfilling their wish.
There are several treatments that, if preformed successfully, will assure your unwanted tattoo is permanently removed. Of course, partial removal is also an option. The two most commonly-known surgical procedures are “laser removal” and “intense pulse light therapy”. Both are reputed to be quite effective. Compared side-by-side, they both have their own advantages and disadvantages.
Laser removal is probably the more popular, well-known procedure of the two. It is also the lesser expensive one. That said, it does have its downsides. Though it is traditionally less expensive than intense pulse light therapy, it cannot very well be called “cheap”. The procedure is not, in fact, carried out in one trip, but multiple “sessions”…possibly more than 10, depending on the size of the tattoo to be removed.
The full removal is realized gradually, through a dispersal of highly concentrated light directed upon the tattoo…dividing the ink which composes the it into many smaller fragments, which are disposed of into your immune system. Further treatments allow the lasers to further expel the ink and hence, the tattoo. Unfortunately, further treatments can also cause scarring…a side effect that has been said by some to have dwindled with improved technology.
Intense pulse light therapy is the lesser used and potentially much more expensive procedure. Those who do opt for it over laser removal usually do so for two reasons: (1) It is not as painful, (2) It has been said to be more efficient, demanding less total ‘sessions’ of treatment than laser removal.
The basic procedure entails the application of a gel to the tattoo-marked skin….upon which waves of high intensity light (not laser light) are emitted through a wand.
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