Three Types Of Dermabrasion

One option to remove a tattoo is dermabrasion which a process of sloughing away the top layer of skin removing the affected skin and pigment encouraging the new skin to grow. Another is excursion this is where a scalpel is used to cut away the portion of skin with the tattoo on it. This one is only recommended for small tattoos. A third way to remove tattoos is cryosurgery. This is where liquid nitrogen is applied to the tattooed area then a light is introduced to have peeling happen to cause this to happen slowly through many doctors visits. There are three types of laser tattoo removals. One is the q-switched ruby which emits short pulses of intense red light which pass through the normal skin but is absorbed by the tattoo ink causing it to become particles which are then removed by the immune system. This may need many treatments to get rid of the whole tattoo. Another one is Q-switched Alexandrite which is made with crystals causing the lasers to not be consistent or reliable. Also, this laser does not remove red inked tattoos. The last laser removal option is the q-switched nd which is effective on all tattoo colors and is the most effective laser …show more content…
The excursion has a high rate of scarring and with larger tattoos skin grafts may need to be done. With cryosurgery, it is said that patients are unable to regrow hair that was once there and it can cause bleeding, blistering, edema and pain. With laser tattoo removal it is very rare for there to be scarring.
It depends on which type of tattoo removal the patient is getting with who does the tattoo removal. A plastic surgeon, dermatologist or estheticians can perform a tattoo removal.
It depends on what kind of tattoo removal you are using if there are some that are harder to remove. As I said earlier, the Q-switched Alexandrite can not remove red