Open AccessA prospective open-labeled study of tattoo removal with Q-switched Nd:YAG laser utilizing the R0 technique and correlation with Kirby–Desai scale
Author(s) -
Sanjeev Aurangabadkar,
Swapnil Shah,
Deepak S Kulkarni,
Madhavi S Auragabadkar
Publication year - 2019
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/jcas.jcas_72_19
Subject(s) - medicine , scale (ratio) , amateur , dermatology , physics , quantum mechanics , political science , law
The Q-switched Nd: YAG (QSNY) laser is considered the standard device of choice for laser tattoo removal. Newer concepts such as R0 , R20 methods aided in faster clearance of tattoos. The Kerby-Desai scale [KD scale] has been proposed to predict the approximate number of sessions needed for tattoo clearance.