laser
Everything you need
to know about... laser
tattoo removal
Jordan has recently covered her ‘Pete’ tattoo up with a cross
and Johnny Depp changed ‘Winona Forever’ to ‘Wino Forever’,
but there is another way to deal with tattoos if you start to
regret them. Jan Williams of the Frodsham Laser Clinic answers
our questions on laser tattoo removal
How does laser tattoo
removal work?
“I n laser tattoo removal you’re
Most people know about laser
hair removal but laser tattoo
removal is a very different
actually shattering the ink
procedure. In laser hair removal
we burn the hair in the follicle
molecule so your body can
whereas in laser tattoo removal
you’re actually shattering the ink
dispose of it naturally”
molecule so your immune system
can attack it and then the body The Yag-1064 is used to remove have the tattoo completely faded
disposes of it naturally. blue and black inks then a Yag- out, but it would usually take
When you have a tattoo you 564 is used to remove coloured from two to twelve treatments.
don’t have an allergic reaction inks. We remove the coloured Also depends on the ink used,
because the ink molecules are inks first because the skin swells the depth of tattoo, how old it is
too big – the immune system up as we use the laser on it and and the amount of layers of ink
doesn’t know what to do with then we use the other laser as it which has been tattooed.
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them so ignores them. However, doesn’t cause the skin to swell
if we smash the molecules with as much. Is any recovery time
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the laser they are broken down needed between
to a size where the immune How many treatments are treatment sessions?
system can deal with them. required? The laser treatment will result in a
There are two different types It depends on what the patient blister and you have to leave the
of lasers used in tattoo removal. wants, from just a cover up or to blister to heal. It also depends
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