Best Skin doctor for Tattoo Removal in Vasant Vihar
- Skin Care Clinic delhi
Tattoo Removal
What is Tattoo Removal Treatment?
Tattoos have been form of body art since ages and can vary size, style, color and placement on the body. People choose to get tattoos for a variety of reasons including self expression, cultural tradition and personal significance. Now a days cosmetic tattoos are also used to cover birthmarks, shape up the eye brows wherein hair growth is very minimal and affecting the appearance of brow shape, providing semi-permanent blush to dark lips and many more. If you are regretting the tattoo art you did on your body or tattoo that has faded away or blurred giving a unimpressive appearance than tattoo removal removal proves to be the most effective and safe way of getting rid of those unwanted tattoos.
Tattoo removal laser treatment is as procedure designed eliminate unwanted tattoos from the skin. This treatment typically involves the use of laser technology to break down pigments of tattoo allowing the body to naturally remove the ink over time.
There were times when people use sandpaper, salt, sala-brasion like options for the removal their unwanted tattoo but all these treatment were uncomfortable, lead to bleeding, scaring and inflammation in the treated areas. These method should ideally be not used for the tattoo removal as they may cause skin infection and hypertrophic scarring in skin.
Types of Tattoo That Can Be Removed
- Based on pigments: Can Be blue, green, red, black or multi-color
- Cosmetic tattoos: Can be done for brow shaping, lip blush, cheek blush, lip lining, hair line coverage.
Procedure And Post Care
How laser helps in Tattoo removal?
Q switch YAG laser target the pigments in ink of tattoo breaking them down into smaller particle which is then absorbed and eliminated by body naturally. There are different energies (wavelengths) which hare used for different colors of tattoos. If the tattoo is of dark color particularly black, then it is the easiest one to remove. Few number of sessions are required depending upon various factors like, size of tattoo, pigments in tattoo and location of tattoo.
Pre-Treatment Process
- Our skin doctor first analyze your skin type, texture and tone
- Doctor will assess and evaluates the amount and color of ink used during tattoo designing
- It is important to assess the area on which the tattoo is placed and layer of skin the ink has been placed.
- Our doctors, check the pre-existing scar if any, present on the area
How is it done and What one should take care of post procedure?
Procedure:
- Our experienced therapist thoroughly cleanse the area o be treated and apply numbing cream to minimize pain during the procedure.
- Patient is provided with an eye shield to protect the eyes from laser rays.
- A pre-decided pulse is applied to the tattoo which breaks the ink into small fragments
- If the patient have multicolored tattoo then different wavelengths are utilized to remove the tattoo
- Skin naturally absorbs the fragmented ink particles of ink by the process called phagocytosis.
- Imediately after the procedure ice pack is applied to the treated area to provide soothing effect.
- To protect the skin from infection anti-biotic ointment or cream applied to treated area.
*Tattoo removal by laser only targets the area to be treated and does not affect the surrounding tissues.
*You may require repeat session depening upon the size of tattoo, depth till which the ink has been penetrated in skin, color or pigments of the tattoo.
Aftercare post procedure
- One may experience blistering after procedure, which is natural process of skin healing. We suggest not to scratch or rupture blisters and apply the prescribed medication by skin doctor.
- Do not shave the treated area.
- Avoid hot shower or bath after procedure
- Sun protection is mandatory, apply sunscreen liberally to treated area.
- It suggested to keep the treated area dry and clean during healing process.
- Heeling process can take 4-10 days post procedure.
Frequently Asked Questions
Patients may experience subtle discomfort during the intervention. Numbing cream is applied before procedure, to reduce the discomfort and pain during the procedure to much less level.
Cost of tattoo removal by laser depend upon the size of the tattoo to be removed, pigments used. Generally it varies from 4000-15000/session.
Depending upon size, of tattoo, depth of ink penetration in the skin and pigments of tattoo, after first session one can see appreciable difference in tattoo lightening. one can require multiple sessions for complete tattoo removal.
Entire procedure takes 30-40 minutes which includes numbing time of 20-30 min.
One can require multiple sessions depending upon area of tattoo, pigments used and depth of ink.
