It is estimated that close to 10 percent of the U.S. population has some sort of tattoo. Eventually, as many as 50 percent of individuals with tattoos may want to have their tattoos removed.
There is good news for those who have an unwanted body design: Newer laser tattoo removal techniques can eliminate your tattoo with minimal side effects. Lasers remove tattoos by breaking up the pigment colors with a high-intensity light beam. Black tattoo pigment absorbs all laser wavelengths, making it the easiest to treat. Other colors, such as red, selectively absorb green laser light. Various colors can only be treated by selected lasers based upon the pigment color.
There is good news for those who have an unwanted body design: Newer laser tattoo removal techniques can eliminate your tattoo with minimal side effects. Lasers remove tattoos by breaking up the pigment colors with a high-intensity light beam. Black tattoo pigment absorbs all laser wavelengths, making it the easiest to treat. Other colors, such as red, selectively absorb green laser light. Various colors can only be treated by selected lasers based upon the pigment color.
