Tattoo remorse? New techique offers quick removal
22.05.12
She thought the phrase was Latin for “our love,” and though it’s slightly off (diligo is more like “prize” or “esteem”), she still “did not like looking at it because it reminds me of an ex-boyfriend,” she said in an interview.
Gianni thought of having it erased but an earlier attempt to remove an ankle tattoo hurt so badly she gave up after one session.
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Then, in February, a team headed by Greek doctors published results of the new R20 protocol in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. Though four passes, spaced twenty minutes apart, caused more upfront injury to the skin than the conventional method, it created no more scarring or adverse effects, and it removed much more ink than a single pass. Dr. Keyvan Nouri, professor of dermatologic surgery at the University of Miami’s Miller School of Medicine, corroborated those findings when his staff tested it on patients.
Source: msnbc.com (blog)