Better Lasers Make Tattoo Removal Easier

• Laser treatment is increasingly successful at removing tattoos, with cosmetically acceptable outcomes and refinements in the technology used.
• Point out that the use of Q-switched lasers has greatly improved the process of tattoo removal and today is considered the standard of care.

Laser treatment is increasingly successful at removing tattoos, with cosmetically acceptable outcomes and refinements in the technology used, studies have found.

The need for tattoo removal has burgeoned in recent years. Surveys have suggested that almost one-quarter of U.S. students have one or more tattoos, and that half of them subsequently seek a removal procedure.

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