How to get a tattoo removed?

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The tattoo has become a fashion accessory. But it is possible to regret one day having yielded to this trend. A priori indelible, the tattoo can now be erased with lasers. How to get a tattoo removed? "Some patients come to remove a holiday tattoo, a three-week fee," . Do they only know that this pretty turquoise, yellow, or green butterfly is difficult, if not impossible, to remove? Even with the Q-Switched pigment laser, the big star of tattoo removal? Since the picosecond laser machine offers an alternative to the surgical act, doctors note an increase in demands. But the road is long and full of surprises. In theory, the picosecond laser machine erases the tattoo without leaving a scar. In practice, rebellious pigments, like our childhood mistakes, are sometimes indelible.

To date, only a doctor can offer this kind of treatment. Drop the institutes or tattoo centers that offer this service, illegal in France, with machines "little powerful, inefficient", says Dr. Hugues Cartier, dermatologist.The medical picosecond laser, also used for aging spots, delivers phenomenal energy in record time - just a few seconds - and explodes the pigments to reduce them to dust. Another rebel, the tattoo in relief: "The density of the pigments ends up carving the skin. However, the laser does not smooth. In other words, the picosecond laser effectively removes black and red tattoos, provided there are not too many pigments. It is therefore useful to be vigilant about the color, but also about the quality of the pigments used by the tattoo artist.

The tattoo, worn being an ornament or jewel, invades all parts of the body. However, when the laser seems to erase tattoos around the shoulder, the arm or even the leg, it might be more difficult around the chest. Also watch out for aesthetic tattoos (make-up) from the contour from the lips, the road from the eyebrows or even the areolas mammaires! The physician may then use another laser, the Erbium laser, which "peels" your skin, or suggest surgery. But in the two cases, this laser tattoo removal leaves scars, with, regarding surgery, "the chance of a loose suture along with a stretchmark appearance"!

Obtaining a tattoo removed needs time to work, persistence and cash. Several sessions, spaced by two several weeks, are essential. Their number and cost rely on how big the look along with its complexity. The act is unquestionably medical, but, considered strictly aesthetic, it's not reimbursed. A passing fad, which pays and hurts. "Getting inked, it's jabbing. To have it removed, it tears your skin! Exclaims Sarah. Isabelle Catoni models the angles using what she calls "verbal hypnosis! When talking, we relax the individual.

But others prefer the "cold pack ice pack" or laughing gas, to avoid seeing their patients run away from the first session. "I had to anesthetize a woman's lip with every laser shot, to erase an ethnic tattoo that ran across her face", a "torture session" rarely lasts more than ten minutes!

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