| Getting a tattoo is generally considered one of | | | | outer layers of skin as well as the tattoo. The |
| the ‘cool things to do' when you're young. But | | | | other method is salt abrasion where the tattoo is |
| sometimes even people, who otherwise are not | | | | soaked in a salt solution to wash away the ink's |
| considered young anymore, go ahead and get | | | | pigment. This is very rarely successful. Neither |
| something simple or spectacular imprinted on their | | | | of the two is commonly used. |
| bodies. However, occasionally there are certain | | | | Scarification |
| reasons that range from personal to professional | | | | This procedure lost its popularity because it is |
| that force them to review their decision and opt | | | | unusually cruel. It involves using an acidic solution |
| for a tattoo removal. The tattoos may symbolize | | | | to bathe the tattoos by causing the skin to peel |
| a former lover or a dead friend. They are in | | | | off the body, thereby removing the tattoo as |
| memory of some previously happy days or a | | | | well. |
| past achievement that, in the present times, is no | | | | Excision |
| longer as pleasing as before. In some cases the | | | | Surgical excision basically means the tattooed skin |
| tattoos are in obtrusive places like the face or | | | | is cut off, followed by either a simple suture |
| forearms, and a potential turn-off for prospective | | | | connection, or in the worst case scenario a skin |
| employers. | | | | graft. As usual with surgeries there is the risk of |
| There are number of methods by which tattoos | | | | infection and significant scarring. This seems to be |
| are removed, some of them are: | | | | the least proffered method. |
| Laser technology | | | | Camouflaging |
| This is the most popular and commonly practiced | | | | It is another form of Ctrl C and Ctrl V. There are |
| method today for removing tattoos. The | | | | fake skin coloured tattoos made from pigments |
| technique involves breaking off the dried ink using | | | | that are used to cover the original ones in an |
| laser. It takes several weeks, and sometimes | | | | attempt to make them invisible. The texture of |
| even months before the design is completely | | | | the tattoo is not as natural but is enough to hide |
| erased. The process is extremely painful but | | | | the original. There are also tattoos that are |
| there is no need for incisions and therefore little | | | | designed for covering up the original tattoo by |
| chance for scarring. As for the cost involved, it | | | | making it look like a completely new design. Both |
| entirely depends on the size of the tattoo and | | | | the camouflaging and the cover up tattoos are |
| sometimes the ink used too. It typically varies | | | | similarly priced and require just one session to be |
| from between a few dollars to over a thousand | | | | finished. This process is ‘virtually' painless. |
| grand per session. | | | | Intense pulsed light. |
| Abrasion | | | | An expensive yet effective method, this requires |
| This method is painful too and typically leaves | | | | multiple treatment sessions to remove the |
| scars behind. It can be further separated into two | | | | tattoos. It is best suited for brightly coloured |
| different procedures: derma-brasion, which uses a | | | | tattoos. The procedure was originally developed |
| wire brush rubbed briskly across the tattoo. | | | | to treat acne. |
| However this mode of removal can remove the | | | | |