Tattoo removal – state of the art
| Autor: | Stefan Hammes, Syrus Karsai, Gudrun Pfirrmann, Christian Raulin, Susanne Roos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Clinical Trials as Topic
medicine.medical_specialty Tattooing business.industry media_common.quotation_subject medicine.medical_treatment Tattoo removal Dermatology Art Phototherapy Intense pulsed light Laser law.invention Optics law Practice Guidelines as Topic medicine Humans Selective photothermolysis Practice Patterns Physicians' business media_common |
| Zdroj: | JDDG. 5:889-897 |
| ISSN: | 1610-0387 1610-0379 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1610-0387.2007.06405.x |
| Popis: | Summary Tattooing has been around since the early beginnings of modern civilization. The discovery of selective photothermolysis at last has made it possible to remove tattoos without leaving a scar. Q-switched neodymium: yttrium-aluminum-garnet, alexandrite, and ruby lasers with pulse durations in the nanosecond domain fulfill this need. Argon or cw-CO2 lasers as well as intense pulsed light sources should not be used since they often produce significant scarring. This article provides an overview of current laser systems.Developments leading to new tattoo inks, feedback systems to detect the absorbance characteristics of tattoo inks, dermal clearing agents, and perhaps even lasers with shorter pulse-durations might improve the results in the future. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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