LASERS AND LIGHTS | Advanced tattoo removal D
emand for tattoo removal treatments has risen by more than 30% from 2011 to 2012, according
to a study published by The Patient’s Guide. Dr Eric Bernstein, Associate Clinical Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, attributes this to the fact that 'there's been a significant increase in the number of patients who desire tattoo removal for career advancement or for employment reasons'. Owing to their extremely high pulse power, Q-switched lasers are widely recognised as the gold standard technology for removing a wide range of pigments from skin tissue, including tattoo inks. A Q-switched laser emits short but very high-power pulses — much higher than is possible with standard laser pulse technologies. Using selective photothermolysis and a photoacoustic effect, these high- power pulses penetrate safely through the epidermis to break apart tattoo pigments into smaller particles, which can then be easily removed from the body.
Gold standard technology Fotona's QX MAX system is the most advanced Q-switched laser on the market today, built for maximum performance with patented, state of the art innovations to make treatments safer and more effective. It has the power to remove a broad spectrum of tattoo colours, as well as most common pigmented and vascular lesions (including broken blood vessels, spider nevi, and haemangiomas). The QX MAX’s high-energy,
single-pulse technology is much more efficient than multi-pulse lasers that generate equivalently high accumulative energy. Single pulses are not affected by the 'optical shielding phenomenon' arising from pigment destruction, which causes a significant
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scattering effect of laser light inside skin tissue with multi-pulse lasers. Additionally, larger spot sizes can be used to target deeper lying pigments, which require less fluence to be effective, and thereby reduce the risk of side-effects.
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A complete pigment range Laser wavelength must be carefully
considered when removing pigments, especially with multicoloured tattoos. The laser wavelength is what determines which pigment colour will be predominantly targeted by the laser, so to ensure safe and effective treatments, you will need an optimised selection of wavelengths to target a wide range of pigments. Fotona’s QX MAX offers four
treatment wavelengths in a single system (1064 nm Nd:YAG, 532 nm KTP, 650 nm dye, 585 nm dye), which comprises an ideal selection of wavelengths for treating even the most complex, multicoloured tattoos, as well as a plethora of pigmented and vascular lesions.
Unrivalled safety and performance The QX MAX’s advanced Q-switched technology relies on groundbreaking solutions, such as Fotona’s patented OPTOflex® and Vacuum Cell technologies to produce an almost perfectly homogeneous beam profile. Homogeneity of the laser beam profile ensures greater safety during treatments as laser energy is evenly distributed across the treated area, minimising the risk of epidermal damage. The QX MAX provides further peace of mind with Fotona’s proprietary Energy Feedback Control technology, which actively monitors and controls each individual pulse’s energy level to ensure that output energy is exactly matched to the practitioner's chosen parameters for safe and effective treatments.
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Tattoo removal (A) before and (B) after treatment with Fotona's QX MAX system (1064, 532 and 585 nm). Images courtesy of Fotona
Tattoo removal (A) before and (B) after treatment with Fotona's QX MAX system (1064 nm). Images courtesy of Fotona
Tattoo removal (A) before and (B) after treatment with Fotona's QX MAX system (1064 and 532 nm). Images courtesy of Dr Ahcan
WILLIAM WAGNER, Fotona website:
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