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The surgical removal of amateur tattoos
Author(s) -
HARRISON P.V.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
clinical and experimental dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.587
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1365-2230
pISSN - 0307-6938
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2230.1985.tb00620.x
Subject(s) - surgical excision , amateur , medicine , surgery , grafting , history , chemistry , organic chemistry , polymer , archaeology
Summary The surgical removal of amateur tattoos from 67 patients is described. Three methods of removal are discussed; straight excision, delineated excision and shave excision with or without grafting. The technique used depends upon the nature or depth of the tattoo.