Any laser or IPL treatment is designed to cause a reaction to a specific coloured target (known as a chromophore) in the case of tattoo removal, that target is the tattoo ink that has been forcibly placed in the dermis of the skin. Our Q-Switched Nd;Yag laser creates very short-duration, high powered pulses – and different wavelengths of light, to target and shatter the selected chromophore which is then removed by the lymphatic system.
Interesting fact: because the shattered ink particles are removed by the lymphatic system, a urine sample taken in the hours following a tattoo removal treatment would show ink particles under a microscope! This is because the ink is removed in the blood and filtered out through the kidneys into the urine.
The Stellar M22 from Lumenis boasts pinpoint accuracy and as such, this type of tattoo can be safely removed with no damage to surrounding tissues.
