Are You Needing to Remove Tattoos?

Many people get tattoos of one sort or another. And, there is always a time when it just seems like a great idea. Sadly, what seemed like a good idea one day can, and often does, turn out to be not such a great idea another day. Each year there are thousands of people in the United Kingdom who get tattoos, but there are also many who need to remove tattoos – for all sorts of reasons.

As skin specialists’ understanding of tattoo removal has advanced significantly in recent years, removing your tattoo is no longer as difficult as it once might have been. And, not only are there more techniques available nowadays, these techniques are themselves continuously improving.

The variety of tattoo removal techniques include: laser surgery where surgical lasers are used to break up the ink in the skin; various creams are available that penetrate the skin and break up the ink making the tattoo fade in time; dermabrasion involves a small sanding-like instrument removing the layers of skin that contain the ink; and sometimes the tattoo is literally cut out with the skin then being sewn back together.

The success of these various techniques depends on a variety of factors, from the colour used to the injection depth of the ink. As more and more people want to remove tattoos, so too there is a greater understanding of what works and what does not.