Successful and Rapid Treatment of Blue and Green Tattoo Pigment With a Novel Picosecond Laser
Author(s) -
Jeremy A. Brauer,
Kavitha K. Reddy,
Robert Anolik,
Elliot T. Weiss,
Julie Karen,
Elizabeth K. Hale,
Lori Brightman,
Leonard Bernstein,
Roy G. Geronemus
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
archives of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3652
pISSN - 0003-987X
DOI - 10.1001/archdermatol.2012.901
Subject(s) - medicine , picosecond , green laser , dermatology , laser , collateral damage , pigment , optics , art , visual arts , physics , criminology , sociology
While the understanding and technology of laser tattoo removal has advanced much over the last 5 decades, treatments and results remain far from perfect. With currently available devices, treatment courses are often painful and prolonged with mixed results. We describe the successful and rapid treatment of 12 tattoos containing blue and/or green pigment with a novel, picosecond, 755-nm alexandrite laser.
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