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Maybe you've experienced the regret that follows a mix of alcohol, spontaneity, and a tattoo shop that's right around the corner. Or perhaps your tattoo artist missed the mark with one of 2015’s popular watercolor designs. If you're ready to reverse a skin decision you regret, laser tattoo removal might be the solution. But how does it actually work?
To understand how tattoo removal works, it's useful to first know how tattoos become permanent under your skin. When the tattoo needle pierces the surface of your skin, it deposits minuscule ink particles; your body perceives these particles as invaders and sends white blood cells to attack. However, the ink particles are too large to be removed entirely, so they remain trapped—mostly. Over time, some particles break down, and the body slowly carries them away. This is why tattoos may fade over years. Unfortunately, this natural fading is often too slow for some unsatisfactory designs.
Lasers accelerate the process. The laser light breaks down the pigment, allowing your body to finally do what it has been trying to do all along—eliminate that questionable tattoo from your skin. And since the laser can be calibrated for different ink colors, it won't harm your natural skin tone.
After the pigment particles are removed, your lymphatic system takes over. The leftover traces of your tattoo journey are transported to the liver, where they are processed and eliminated as waste. In the end, this means your tattoo will eventually be expelled from your body, and your moment of poor decision-making will be flushed away.
