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Old 06-21-2004, 12:00 PM
winneythepooh7 winneythepooh7 is offline
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Tattoo Removal

Has anyone ever had a tattoo removed? What is the cost? Does it work? etc, etc...........
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Old 06-21-2004, 12:17 PM
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A girl I went to HS with had a tattoo removed. Left a big scar where the tattoo was. I'd imagine that over time and perhaps with the right treatments, the scar would go away.
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Old 06-21-2004, 12:19 PM
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I never knew that you had a tattoo.
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Old 06-21-2004, 12:20 PM
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I have a friend that goes with the removal method of "if you didn't want it you shouldn't have had it done in the first place" method.

It works best I think....for the most part anyway.
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Old 06-21-2004, 02:23 PM
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Arrow

But assuming you have got one... or a "friend" has...

It depends on tattoo size as to which treatment can be used e.g. laser (or surgical etc).
Also, certain inks formerly responded poorly to laser removal i.e. black ink. Just, as tattoo removal on black skin was less successful with those lasers. It was because the laser latched onto the darker pigment and tried hard to remove it burning the skin. Painfully.

Some newer, more sophisticated lasers apparently don't have this problem.

That's just some very basic info so might help as a starting point for you to look into it more. I don't know too much about it beyond that though. If I get time I may try to search for some further info though.
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Old 06-21-2004, 02:31 PM
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So um yeah seemingly I did have five minutes free in my oh so high octane life.

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Q) Alright, a relative of mine recently got a small tattoo removed. It was not done with a "laser," because it was mostly red ink. Rather, she told me they cut the tattoo off, and then stretched the skin around and sutured the wound.

As I have no interest in removing tattoos, I know nothing about this. I know that red ink is sometimes made with different pigments than other ink, but that's about the extent of my knowledge. What's the deal with this?
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A) a quick trip to Google.com found this for us: "Laser tattoo removal works by delivering extremely high energy and shattering the tattoo ink particle without destroying the surrounding skin. The reason a tattoo remains on the skin is because the pigment granules are so large that the body can't disperse them. The laser uses the wave length of the pigment and breaks the particles apart to help the body absorb it."

That having said- its true that it's difficult to remove red and green pigment- it has to do with the Ruby laser's frequency and the frequency of the pigments.
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Also suggested, click on http://www.bmezine.com/faq.html . Click on Tattoo FAQ and then the removal section on the next screen. It discusses removal procedures/costs I believe; although may not be too up to date as some other resources.

After that, Google/Yahoo are bound to come up with some new stuff. Good luck.

Nothing about black ink or black skin there though, maybe it was red ink. The laser problems with black skin were discussed in a recent newspaper article which talked about a new laser for hair removal where previously darker skin tones could not be used with the lasers as darker skin burnt (in the same manner blonde hairs didn't remove so well as dark ones). I may've got mixed up over the two lasers so just wanted to clarify origins of the remark. Thanks.

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Old 06-26-2004, 01:22 PM
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I have a blue butterfly and a purple butterfly on the right side of my lower back. Not too many people know, especially my parents. They'd die. Although I think they suspect it.
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