Open AccessNewer trends in laser tattoo removal
Author(s) -
Swapnil Shah,
Sanjeev Aurangabadkar
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of cutaneous and aesthetic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.44
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0974-5157
pISSN - 0974-2077
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2077.155070
Subject(s) - medicine , clearing , gold standard (test) , protocol (science) , laser , surgery , optics , pathology , radiology , alternative medicine , physics , finance , economics
Q switched lasers are the current gold standard for laser tattoo removal. Though these systems are generally quite effective in clearing tattoos & have an established safety record, certain limitations exist while following the standard protocol. To overcome these limitation newer techniques such as multipass method, combination treatments with chemical agent and other laser have been introduced. These methods help in faster, less painful and complication free tattoo removal.