More and more the 'repentant' tattoo. A more than 40% of the tattooed in fact not like most, in the course of life, the design imprinted on the skin. And increases those who turn to plastic surgeon to remove them. Operation now possible with the use of new generation laser "but still complex," says Maurizio Valeriani, chief of plastic surgery at San Filippo Blacks in Rome, noting that requests to remove the tattoo begins with the first sun spring.
Although the most suitable seasons are autumn and winter "and because the rays of the sun should be avoided after the treatment, and because it takes many sessions, separated by a few weeks, to get the desired result", says expert . According to the plastic surgeon in recent years, "there has been a noticeable increase in requests to remove tattoos. Why has the number of tattooed people - it is estimated that there are about 8 million Europeans with at least one drawing on the skin - but also because it believes that it is an easier than in the past. " A belief largely founded.
"One time - explained Valeriani - were needed aggressive treatments, such as dermabrasion, cryotherapy, surgical excision. Interventions that involved more or less visible scars, however permanent." Today, however, "there are very sophisticated laser - continues Valeriani - the so-called Q-Switchet, with the possibility of giving a pulse of a few microseconds: is done with a very high energy of small particles of tattoo that are vaporized. These are eliminated through the skin itself or fragmented in such a way that macrophages, our cells responsible scavenger to eliminate small foreign bodies, able to blow them away. "
But to make sure that the tattoo is eliminated "first make a series of tests - said Valeriani - because the designs have different colors and not all are sensitive to the laser. On the white, for example, the laser can not even work. E 'more simple drawings also delete a single color. " Easier to remove, instead, the black, as well as the red. More difficult for the blue and green.
"It 's important to have an expert to remove the tattoo - says the surgeon - because the use of the laser has to be chosen the right wavelength to delete that particular color. Otherwise you do not get the result. Instruments more have new wavelengths able to better treat the color designs ". With the laser, in addition, will also be deleted tattoos cosmetics, lip and eye, which most do not like or that you want to touch up differently.
The operation removes-tattoo, however, remains complex and costly. "It takes several sessions - accurate - and each costs between 200 and 300 euro." The Board, therefore, is to think twice before going into a tattoo studio. "You have to be very motivated - the expert concludes - and, if it is decided, better to choose small tattoos, dark colors, monochrome, slender lines." And even if you choose to remove a tattoo great "better assess whether it is possible to remove only a part: often refuses all over the tattoo, but only part of it," says Valeriani.
More and more the 'repentant' tattoo. A more than 40% of the tattooed in fact not like most, in the course of life, the design imprinted on the skin. And increases those who turn to plastic surgeon to remove them. Operation now possible with the use of new generation laser "but still complex," says Maurizio Valeriani, chief of plastic surgery at San Filippo Blacks in Rome, noting that requests to remove the tattoo begins with the first sun spring.
Although the most suitable seasons are autumn and winter "and because the rays of the sun should be avoided after the treatment, and because it takes many sessions, separated by a few weeks, to get the desired result", says expert . According to the plastic surgeon in recent years, "there has been a noticeable increase in requests to remove tattoos. Why has the number of tattooed people - it is estimated that there are about 8 million Europeans with at least one drawing on the skin - but also because it believes that it is an easier than in the past. " A belief largely founded.
"One time - explained Valeriani - were needed aggressive treatments, such as dermabrasion, cryotherapy, surgical excision. Interventions that involved more or less visible scars, however permanent." Today, however, "there are very sophisticated laser - continues Valeriani - the so-called Q-Switchet, with the possibility of giving a pulse of a few microseconds: is done with a very high energy of small particles of tattoo that are vaporized. These are eliminated through the skin itself or fragmented in such a way that macrophages, our cells responsible scavenger to eliminate small foreign bodies, able to blow them away. "
But to make sure that the tattoo is eliminated "first make a series of tests - said Valeriani - because the designs have different colors and not all are sensitive to the laser. On the white, for example, the laser can not even work. E 'more simple drawings also delete a single color. " Easier to remove, instead, the black, as well as the red. More difficult for the blue and green.
"It 's important to have an expert to remove the tattoo - says the surgeon - because the use of the laser has to be chosen the right wavelength to delete that particular color. Otherwise you do not get the result. Instruments more have new wavelengths able to better treat the color designs ". With the laser, in addition, will also be deleted tattoos cosmetics, lip and eye, which most do not like or that you want to touch up differently.
The operation removes-tattoo, however, remains complex and costly. "It takes several sessions - accurate - and each costs between 200 and 300 euro." The Board, therefore, is to think twice before going into a tattoo studio. "You have to be very motivated - the expert concludes - and, if it is decided, better to choose small tattoos, dark colors, monochrome, slender lines." And even if you choose to remove a tattoo great "better assess whether it is possible to remove only a part: often refuses all over the tattoo, but only part of it," says Valeriani.
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