Laser Tattoo Removal in OKC
About that Tattoo…
Getting your tattoo may have seemed like a great idea at the time, but sometimes what seems right really is not! The tattoo you have may have been poorly done or done by an amateur. Older and wiser now, you may have simply ‘outgrown’ your tattoo. You may have entered a profession, like law enforcement, where exposed tattoos may be prohibited. You may have ‘broken up’ or divorced the person whose name is tattooed on you. The old tattoo may simply not fit your new lifestyle. It is called “Tattoo Regret” and whatever the reason or circumstances, the tattoo must come off. In OKC laser tattoo removal is one of BodyTrends’ specialty services to address tattoo regret.
Ways to Remove Tattoos
There are several ways to remove tattoos, each differing in its ease, its reliability of removal and its ramifications. Traditionally, tattoo removal has been approached through chemical and mechanical means. Caustic Tattoo removal creams, like “Doc Wilson’s Wrecking balm” have been used. Mechanical means, like Dermabrasion and for large tattoos, skin grafting has been used. But as you would expect, these have been associated with pain, bleeding, the possibility of infection, and a considerable amount of scarring and in most cases, a suboptimal aesthetic result. Rather than substituting an ugly scar for unwanted tattoo, the public has looked to laser tattoo removal technology as the answer for cosmetic concerns. Laser tattoo removal is now considered the gold standard for treatment for unwanted tattoos.
Lasers being used for tattoo removal, dates back to the 1960’s, culminating in the in the practical use of argon-laser, the CO2-laser and finally a group of lasers called Q-switch lasers. The lasers work through the selective photothermolysis principle. This meaning the laser light targets a specific color for a pigment within the tattoo, collides with the pigment particle, and breaks it up into smaller particles which can be resorbed by the body’s immune system. The criteria that the laser must meet to be effective include:
- must be capable of penetrating to the depth of the pigment in the skin
- must have more affinity for the pigment than for the skin in order to minimize skin damage
- must be delivered in short pulses to minimize heat transfer to the surrounding. Skin
- must have a pulse that delivers sufficient energy to heat the pigment enough to fragment it, or else no removal will be possible.
The MedLite C6 Laser at BodyTrends
The Medlite C6 Laser is a Q-switch laser meeting the previous criteria and is well-suited for Tattoo removal. It is one of the safest and fastest lasers developed for this purpose, and the “C6” function allows for targeting of tattoo ink with 4 different laser wavelengths resulting in the most flexibility in targeting multicolored tattoos. It emits a high-energy pulsed laser with long wavelengths, short pulse duration and high peak power making it ideal for the removal of red, green, sky blue, dark blue and black tattoo pigments. It does so in a manner which is far less painful than other lasers, with a minimal, if any, scarring, and a very low risk of permanent tissue damaging.
Removal Considerations
Complete laser tattoo removal requires multiple treatment sessions, spaced approximately 6 weeks apart. The degree of completion of the pigment removal and the number of sessions required depends on many factors.
The Kirby-Desai scale was developed to assess the potential success of removal and to predict the number of treatments required for laser tattoo removal by assigning numerical values to 6 parameters: Skin type, tattoo location, color, amount of ink, scarring and layering.
Certain colors, it should be noted, are easier to remove than others, and the ease of removal will impact the final number. Tattoos containing blue, black and red pigments are the easiest to remove. Yellow is harder, but may be difficult to see on skin. Green is the hardest color to remove. In general, with each treatment session, the smallest particles produced by the laser are resorbed quickest. These particles will then be removed by the immune system over the 6-week duration. With subsequent treatments, new particles will be created through action of the laser. The result will be fading of the tattoo. In general 6-15 treatments are required for the average “professional” tattoo, whereas only 3-8 treatments are required for the average “amateur” tattoo.
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