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Regarding Tattoos
Is That Sunlight, or an Oncoming Train at the End of the Tunnel?
Arch Dermatol. 2001;137:210-212.
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TATTOOS ARE increasingly popular among young adults around the world. This is not just a fad—almost every culture uses tattoos and the oldest human mummy sports several of them drawn more than 6000 years ago. Prevalence in the United States is probably about 3% to 5%, somewhat higher in young adults and in the South. However, good demographic data are unavailable. Many who get a tattoo will eventually want to get rid of it for a variety of good reasons.1 Unfortunately, tattoos are far more difficult to remove than they are to acquire. The common misconception that lasers easily remove tattoos is driven in part by the media, advertisements, and wishful thinking. For example, in a television episode of "The Simpsons," Bart gets a tattoo that is quickly removed by a nerdy cartoon laser dermatologist with dollar signs in his eyeballs. Bart should have been depicted going to his dermatologist . . . [Full Text of this Article]IMPROVING THE CLEARANCE OF TATTOO INK PARTICLES AFTER LASER TREATMENT
OPTIMIZING THE LASER–TATTOO INK INTERACTION
ELIMINATING DIFFICULT-TO-REMOVE, ANTIGENIC AND/OR TOXIC TATTOO INKS FROM THE MARKET
DESIGNING NEW TATTOO INKS
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