If you decide to remove the tattoo from your skin you have to analyze and say to physician certain things like the size of the tattoo, where it had placed on your body, and how long you had a tattoo on your skin. So that the physician would decides and uses the best suitable method of Tattoo removing treatment. There are several methods of tattoo removal available today showing variable performance, result wise and procedure wise. The following are the methods of treatment for removing tattoos on your skin.
Surgical Method: It is one of the most popular methods around, especially when the dyed area is small. The major advantage here is the removal of the entire tattoo in one go, particularly if it is small tattoo. Larger tattoos, however, require multiple surgical sessions where the center of a tattoo is removed first followed by removal of sides at a later date. The surgical removal process involves an injection of a local anesthetic to numb the area after which the tattoo is removed. The edges are then brought together and sutured. With this procedure, there is minimal bleeding which is easily controlled with electrocautery. In some cases involving large tattoos, a skin graft taken from another part of the body may be necessary.
Rubbing the tattoo off: There are two ways by which a tattoo is rubbed off the skin:
Surgical Method: It is one of the most popular methods around, especially when the dyed area is small. The major advantage here is the removal of the entire tattoo in one go, particularly if it is small tattoo. Larger tattoos, however, require multiple surgical sessions where the center of a tattoo is removed first followed by removal of sides at a later date. The surgical removal process involves an injection of a local anesthetic to numb the area after which the tattoo is removed. The edges are then brought together and sutured. With this procedure, there is minimal bleeding which is easily controlled with electrocautery. In some cases involving large tattoos, a skin graft taken from another part of the body may be necessary.
Rubbing the tattoo off: There are two ways by which a tattoo is rubbed off the skin:
- Dermabrasion: This procedure of tattoo removal involves spraying of a portion of the tattoo with a freezing solution, after which that part is sanded with a rotary abrasive instrument causing the skin to peel. Because some bleeding is bound to occur, a dressing is immediately applied to the area.
- Salabrasion: This is an age-old method of tattoo removal. As with the other methods, a local anesthetic is used on and around the tattooed area after which a solution of ordinary tap water dipped in table salt is applied. An abrading apparatus such as the one used with dermabrasion, or an even simpler device such as a wooden block wrapped in gauze, is used to vigorously abrade the area. When the area becomes deep red in color, a dressing is applied.
Laser: Laser tattoo removal is considered as the best of the solutions available. Though it is costly and might require multiple sessions, it ensures that tattoo removal is relatively pain free and blood free. Also the results have been quite encouraging and tattoos have been either totally removed or there were dramatic fading. More than one treatment is usually necessary to remove the entire tattoo.
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