17 Nov, 08

Old School Tattoo Removal

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Gone are the Days of Old School Tattoo Removal

Today, people are fortunate to have several different methods of tattoo removal to choose from.  And, within the past ten years, newer tattoo removal technology has also made tattoo removal easier and less painful than the days of old school tattoo removal.

Ironically, the most popular tattoo removal methods ten years ago are rarely performed today.  Dermabrasion, cryosurgery, and excision were the well known ways to remove tattoos, but now they are thought of as “old school” tattoo removal.
 
Dermabrasion actually sands the skin to remove the surface as well as the middle layers.  As you can imagine, sanding off layers of skin can be very painful, especially if tattoos are large. With dermabrasion tattoo removal usually the majority of a tattoo can be removed, but there are some tattoos that dermabrasion has not been successful at removing.

Cryosurgery is another old school tattoo removal method that doctors used in the past. This technique requires freezing the tattoo skin before attempting dermabrasion.  Freezing the skin makes the procedure fairly painless during removal, but as soon as the skin thaws pain sets in, and the pain can be extremely uncomfortable.

Excision is the literally the old school removal of tattoos where a doctor cuts out and removes the tattoo with a scalpel. After the tattoo is removed the remaining skin is stitched together with sutures leaving behind a scar.  Large tattoos often require skin grafts in order to close area where the tattoo once existed and now remains a wound.

Tattoo removal has most certainly made significant progress making it much easier and less painful to remove tattoos today, in comparison to the old school tattoo removal methods used just 10 years ago.

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25 Sep, 08

Celebrity Tattoo Removal

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Celebrity Tattoo Removal 50 Cent and Some

It’s a good thing Curtis ‘50 Cent’ Jackson is one of the richest celebrity hip-hop rappers-businessman with his G-Unit record label, clothing line, and other endeavors, because 50 cents doesn’t cover the cost of much in the way of tattoo removal.

50 Cent is one of the most recent celebrities getting tattoo removal with lasers.  And he is not only loaded with wealth this celebrity rapper is loaded with tattoos on his body.  But it seems 50 Cent is willing to pay his dues to undo and unload several tattoos with laser tattoo removal.

Insider celebrity news revealed 50 Cent is getting tattoo removal because he wants to be able to land movie roles, and having a body covered with so many tattoos makes it very difficult to diversify on the big screen. 

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25 Aug, 08

Tattoo Removal Methods

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Methods of Tattoo Removal

Ways to Undo Tattoos

Ways to Undo Tattoos

Tattoos are a common mistake many people make (and misspell tatto, tatoo ). Fortunately, tattoo removal methods offer options for these people looking to remove unwanted tattoos.  There are several tattoo removal methods, both surgical and non-surgical, for removing tattoo ink.   

Here is an informational overview of the latest surgical and non-surgical tattoo removal methods options available to remove tattoos.

Surgical Tattoo Removal Methods:
Cryosurgy
Dermabrasion
Excision
IPL
Laser
Salabrasion
Tissue Expansion

Non-Invasive Tattoo Removal Methods:
Chemical Peels
Cover-Ups
Tattoo Fading Creams
Skin Bleaching/Lightening

Lasers (Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation) tattoo removal have become the most common method of tattoo removal today. 

The laser tattoo removal method requires multiple treatment sessions, with several different lasers, as each color ink pigment needs a specific wavelength of laser light beam for successful removal.

Over the past decade, laser technology significantly transformed tattoo removal methods by improving treatment results.  In the past tattoo removal methods were at high risks for causing infections and leaving behind scars.

Traditional tattoo removal methods used prior to the introduction of the newest advancements in laser technology involved aggressive surgical measures with less than desirable outcome results.

Cryosurgery, a medical procedure used to freeze skin was a technique commonly used to pre-treat tattoo area to minimize amount of bleeding while performing Dermabrasion or Salabrasion methods of tattoo removal.

In addition to dermabrasion, which involved tattoo removal by sanding down the top layer of skin with a rapidly spinning abrasive wire brush instrument and Salabrasion or aggressively rubbing away tattoo skin with a coarse salt sanding block, Excision was the other standard method of tattoo removal. 

Excision or surgically cutting the tattoo out of the skin then suturing skin together, another procedure of removal that in a sense trades unwanted tattoo for a scar. Today these three traditional tattoo removal methods are used infrequently as last resorts with latest advancements in tattoo removal available.

In addition to lasers, new advances in tattoo removal feature Tattoo Fade Creams designed to be more affordable, less painful, and more convenient then medical removal procedures.  Tattoo fade creams work in essence by speeding the body’s natural process of cellular turnover, which disrupts dormant skin cells embedded with tattoo ink. Over time repeating this process of fading tattoo ink, lifts and removes the unwanted artwork.

Another method of removing tattoos actually doesn’t remove tattoos at all.  Cover-Up Tattoos are used as a method of hiding an existing tattoo by overlaying the inked skin with a new tattoo design.

While there are more tattoo removal methods available today, the best method of removing a tattoo still remains not having to remove a tattoo in the first place.  People commonly make the mistake of getting a tattoo they later regret, however careful consideration about tattoos will remove the necessity of choosing from the options of tattoo removal methods.

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