Hi!
This is my first blog post....ever. I'm excited to be part of this new form of communication, and look forward to meeting a lot of new people and discussing my new favorite topic - laser tattoo removal.
Tattoo removal has come a long way - until the last few decades, the only way to remove a tattoo was to attempt to burn it off or cut away the skin colored with the tattoo (a procedure called "excision"). Then, a variety of other procedures developed - including microdermabrasion (http://health.howstuffworks.com/microdermabrasion.htm), chemical peels (http://www.webmd.com/skin-beauty/guide/cosmetic-procedures-chemical-peel-treatments), and lasers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser)
Laser technology has advances from early C02 laser (http://www.theskininstituteofny.com/co2.html) that would basically burn off the out layer of skin, resulting in great pain to the patient and a costly procedure that only was used in the most serious cases. Over the past two decades, laser tattoo removal has become much more sophisticated. Different laser frequencies target different pigment in the tattoo, enhancing the ability of medical practitioners to remove tattoos of many colors.
My next blog posting will dive a bit deeper into the evolution of laser technology.
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It definitely seems like lasers are the way to go when you want to remove at tattoo. I was searching around on the web and was looking at some of the before and after pictures for laser tattoo removal and was impressed! I have been wanting to get rid of a couple of my tattoos for about two years now but have been worrying about how well it would actually do. I saw someone who had it done and it did good but I also saw someone else that had it removed with just heat I think not with a laser and it had some scaring.
I am wondering how long it really takes to remove a tattoo. Can any tattoo be removed?
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