Do you think one day someone will invent a process which will completely eliminate tattoos?

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Okay to the people who responded with their views on tattoos, I did not ask for your views on the process! I asked about the potential of future technology. There is a difference.

Answer 1

They have them now!

Answer 2

Not likely. Tattooing is injection of ink into the deeper skin layers. It is essentially permanent and any method of removing it will tend to cause some local scarring. Techniques designed to remove dye from the skin will also tend to have effects on local pigmentation, so even if scarring is barely visible the changes in pigmentation will make the treatment apparent as a change in skin colour at the site. Having said that the newer lasers are pretty good and usually leave minor scarring but it is a long and expensive process to have a normal sized tattoo removed. Skin grafting can be done, but this also leaves scars.
There is no technique that removes a large tattoo perfectly without some minor scarring, as even the most up to date lasers cause local heat injury. It is difficult to conceive of a technique that is much better than what we have aleady. No doubt you will get many commercial plastc surgeons telling you otherwise but results are variable and they will not be able to guarantee you a 100% promise of no scarring.

Answer 3

There are several

What Methods Are Used for Tattoo Removal?
Before lasers became popular for tattoo removal starting in the late 1980s, removal involved the use of one or more of these often-painful, often scar-inducing surgeries:

* Dermabrasion, where skin is "sanded" to remove the surface and middle layers
*Cryosurgery, where the area is frozen prior to its removal;
*Excision, where the dermatologic surgeon removes the tattoo with a scalpel and closes the wound with stitches (In some cases involving large tattoos, a skin graft from another part of the body may be necessary
*Although the procedures above are still used in certain cases today, lasers (Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation) have become the standard treatment for tattoo removal because they offer a bloodless, low risk, effective alternative with minimal side effects. Each procedure is done on an outpatient basis in a single or series of visits. Patients may or may not require topical or local anesthesia.

As early as the 1960s, lasers had been developed for industrial uses. When researchers developed lasers that emitted wavelengths of light in short flashes called pulses, medical use became viable. These lasers can effectively remove tattoos with a low risk of scarring, according to the American Academy of Dermatology . The type of laser used to remove a tattoo depends on the tattoo's pigment colors. (Yellow and green are the hardest colors to remove; blue and black are the easiest.)The three lasers developed specifically for use in tattoo removal use a technique known as Q-switching, which refers to the laser's short, high-energy pulses:

* the Q-switched Ruby,
* the Q-switched Alexandrite,
* the Q-switched Nd: YAG, the newest system in this class of lasers and particularly advanced in the removal of red, blue and black inks

Answer 4

There are actually companies working toward a semi permanent tattoo that looks good using dyes. But they have obviously not worked it out yet. I'm sure in time they will figure out what works.

Answer 5

Cavemen never had tattoos! It's only idiots like us that invented body disfiguring trends that f###ckup our bodies while we are not old enough to realise it! And when we do, it's to late and also out of date! Have a good day!

Answer 6

i hope so. i'm a bit fed up of walking down the street with a palm tree and a desert island drilled into my forehead. and i'm 63

Answer 7

Yes, it's called not following the crowd.

Answer 8

i hope so.there working on one now

Answer 9

its here now but its painfull and expensive

Answer 10

I'm sure they will! Wishful thinking... I really hope they do! ;-)