Contents:
- Medical Video: Laser Eyebrow Tattoo Removal Procedure Treatment with PicoWay Pulse Light Clinic
- Why is a permanent tattoo difficult to remove?
- Some considerations before deciding to remove a permanent tattoo
Medical Video: Laser Eyebrow Tattoo Removal Procedure Treatment with PicoWay Pulse Light Clinic
The term tattoo comes from "tattau", a Tahiti word that is interpreted as "sign". Today tattoos have become popular body makeup for many people. Unfortunately, there are some people who regret having made a permanent tattoo and intend to delete it. Either because the design is not appropriate, or because there are other things that require them to remove tattoos, like the demands of the job.
However, removing tattoos is not as easy as imagined. Because of its permanent nature, tattoos require a special method and time to be lost on the skin.
Why is a permanent tattoo difficult to remove?
Permanent tattoos are difficult to remove because making tattoos must inject colored ink into the deepest layers of the skin, which is called the dermis.
When ink is injected into the skin layer, your immune system recognizes the ink as a foreign intruder, so white blood cells send troops to try to fight and swallow ink particles. White blood cells then escort ink particles to the liver, where the ink particles are processed and secreted.
Unfortunately, ink particles are much larger and more numerous than white blood cells. This makes tattoos take a long time to fade. Although it can fade, but the tattoo will not be able to disappear completely naturally. This is what makes the tattoo permanent and difficult to remove.
In addition, the color and type of tattoo ink used and the skin color of the person being tattooed is also the reason why the tattoo is difficult to remove. Certain tattoo colors such as black, green and dark blue will be easier to remove than red, orange, and white.
As for skin color, people who have dark skin will have more difficulty removing tattoos than people with lighter skin tones. Not only that, in dark skin people there is a risk of scarring or loss of natural skin pigments even if done using laser techniques.
Some considerations before deciding to remove a permanent tattoo
Each tattoo has a unique pattern, so the technique for removing it must also be adapted to the case of each person. If you might have a plan to get rid of a tattoo, you should be prepared with the following consequences:
- Although now there are many techniques offered to remove tattoos on the skin, but in fact tattoos cannot just disappear without leaving marks and other side effects. Scars are the most common side effect of the tattoo removal process. So before removing it, make sure you know that the scar may be something that is not comfortable to see, depending on the method used.
- Tattoo removal can be very painful - like being clipped by a rubber band and then followed by a burning skin sensation.
- The cost needed to remove the tattoo can vary according to the method used. In the laser method, for example, depending on the size of the tattoo, removal of using a laser can cost a minimum of 3 million per session.
- The process of removing the tattoo is not enough just one action. You can need 1-10 sessions to make your tattoo disappear completely.
- The most recent technique for removing tattoos cannot work for everyone. Because, this depends on skin color, ink pigment, and the size of each person's tattoo.
In essence, fast or slow removal of tattoos depends on the quality of the tattoo, both color and size. This difference in treatment will also depend on skin color, age, depth of tattoo pigment, and the type of tattoo you have. So, one person with one other person will undergo the procedure and get different quality results.
