Open AccessEfficacy of the q-switched neodymium: Yttrium aluminum garnet laser in the treatment of blue-black amateur and professional tattoos
Author(s) -
Chembolli Lakshmi,
Gayathri Krishnaswamy
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.169129
Subject(s) - medicine , adverse effect , blue light , neodymium , amateur , prospective cohort study , laser , dermatology , surgery , physics , political science , law , optics
Q-switched neodymium: yttrium aluminum garnet (Nd: YAG) laser at a wavelength of 1064 nm primarily targets dermal melanin and black tattoo ink. Recent studies have shown that this laser is effective in treating black tattoos. There are few studies conducted in India for the same.