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10636999

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-2-17
pubmed:abstractText
In the Western world, there are at least 20-30 million people with tattoos. Improved self-image and social stigmatization are the main reasons for removing tattoos from skin. Q-switched lasers are applied to destroy the tattoo compounds in the skin. The treatment of tattoos containing ink often gives excellent results, whereas the results of treatments for coloured tattoos are not predictable and usually are worse. The chemical structure and the absorption spectra of the tattoo pigments are usually unknown. However, the efficacy of the treatment by using light of different Q-switched lasers (wavelengths 510, 532, 694, 755, 1064 nm) is correlated to both the chemical structure of the tattooed compounds yielding specific absorption spectra and the laser wavelength used.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0196-8092
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2000 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
13-21
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Q-switch laser and tattoo pigments: first results of the chemical and photophysical analysis of 41 compounds.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Dermatology University of Regensburg, Germany. baeumler.wolfgang@klinik.uni-regensburg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article