Tattoo Removal
If you have a tattoo that you would like removed, you're not alone - an estimated 10 million Americans are in the same situation. Laser technology has made great strides in tattoo removal with little risk of the scarring or loss of pigmentation.
Dr. Valente's lasers use an intense beam of light to lighten and remove the tattoo, without harming the surrounding healthy skin cells. The light energy may be delivered as a continuous wave of light or in pulses. When the ink particles of the tattoo absorb the light from the laser, they are broken up into tiny fragments. These fragments are then absorbed through the body's natural cleansing mechanism. This cleansing process and number of treatments for the tattoo removal vary with the size and amount of colors in the tattoo, and the length of time the tattoo was in the skin.
Over the next several weeks the body's scavenger cells remove these fragments, often without scarring or loss of pigmentation.
