Anti Aging with Sasha - Pigmentation and tattoo removal - short pulsed laser treatment.

Tattoo, Ink and hyperpigmentation removal

Are you tired of dark circles under your eyes? Do you want to remove a tattoo? Do you have hyperpigmentation or dark skin discoloration? Do you want a permanent solution?

It is necessary to use lasers of different wavelengths to remove skin pigmentation disorders such as dark circles under the eye, or tattoo inks of different colors. It is much easier to remove an amateur tattoo than a profession one - a professional tattoo uses fewer colors! Cosmetic tattoo removal is quite difficult.

In general tattoo removal is done with Pulsed dye or Q-switched lasers, and so is dark circle or pigmentation removal - when the discoloration did not respond to skin lighteners and using different wavelengths for different ink and pigment removal reduces the risk of permanent scarring.

Removing tattos and pigments with lasers can be painful so an injection of lidocaine or perhaps some anaesthetic cream is used first, with antibacterial cream afterwards.

Which laser for which color?

(Each type of laser has a wavelength at which it operates - though lasers using dyes, prisms or similar devices have a certain amount of latitude. It is also possible to exactly halve the wavelength of a laser).

Pulsed dye lasers at wavelengths of 510 nm are used for treating red, orange, and purple tattoos and similarly colored surface skin disorders. 510 mn is too short a wavelength to reach deep into the skin.

Pulsed dye lasers at 393 nm are good for removing pinkish pigments.

Q-switched ruby laser at 694 nm for removing black, blue and green pigment and other skin leisions. Its red light easily goes through the skin so it is used for treating both tattoos and natural pigment skin problems.

Q-switched Nd:YAG ("neodymium yttrium aluminum garnet") laser at 532 nm is used for for removing red pigment, also for treating freckles in olive or light brown skinned people

Q-switched alexandrite laser at 755 nm for removing black, blue and green pigment - also dark circles under the eyes.

Q-switched Nd:YAG laser at 1064 nm for removing black and blue pigment. Laser light at a wavelength of 1064 nm is nearly in the infra-red and therefore it can go several millimeters into the skin to treat deep pigments, pigmentation disorders and treat varicose veins up to 3mm round.

Side effects with the Q-switched ruby laser are usually changes in skin texture, scarring and changes in the skin's pigment. Q-switched alexandrite laser side effects can include changes in skin texture and tempory lighter patches of skin in 50% of patients and textural changes in 12%.

Q-switched Nd:YAG laser very occasionally causes hyperpigmentation and changes in skin texture, but the chances of it causing skin lightening are lower than with the Q-switched Ruby laser.

Laser treatment

• Er:YAG laser
• Fraxel laser
• IPL treatment

Problems

• Excess Hair
• Hyper pigmentation
• Tattoo removal
• Wrinkles