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Tattoo Removal

Serving Longmont, Lafayette and the Northern Colorado region

Decorative tattoos have a history dating back at least 5,000 years. The desire to remove them has probably existed just as long. Early attempts to remove tattoos had less-than-desirable results. The use of dermabrasion, salabrasion and Argon or CO2 lasers have left behind scars in place of the tattoo. The advent of Q-Switched lasers has permitted the removal of most tattoo inks with a very low risk of scarring. The Q-Switched, Frequency Doubled Nd:YAG laser can significantly lighten or remove many tattoo inks and is particularly advanced in the removal of blue, black and red inks.

The Q-Switched, Frequency Doubled Nd:YAG laser removes tattoo ink with the energy of light. Just as natural sunlight is made up of light wavelengths of many colors, a laser is a device, which is designed to produce one or more specific wavelengths of light. These wavelengths are either absorbed, reflected or simply pass through objects. Tattoo ink is removed by using a specific wavelength, which passes through the skin but is absorbed by the ink. The rapid absorption of light energy causes destruction of the tattoo ink and it is removed by the body's natural filtering systems.

Email or call us at 303-682-3386 to schedule your tattoo removal consultation.