WANT TO REMOVE YOUR TATTOOS?

ACCORDING TO SOME SOCIETIES OF DERMATOLOGICAL SURGERY OVER 50 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE WHO GET A TATTOO EVENTUALLY WANT IT REMOVED. SOME ARE BORED WITH IT, OTHERS HAVE CHANGED THEIR LIFESTYLE. THA MAJORITY, HOWEVER, ARRIVE AT HE DERMATOLOGIST'S CLINIC IN THE AFTERMATH OF A BREAKE-UP. FOR THEM, THE TATTOO, WHICH ONCE HAD A ROMANTIC SIGNIFICANCE, IS NOW JUST A PAINFUL REMINDER OF A RELATIONSHIP THAT FAILED.

HOW SUCCESSFUL IS TATOO REMOVAL? THERE ARE A NUMBER OF FACTORS INVOLVED, INCLUDING THE SIZE OF THE TATTOO, ITS LOCATION, COLOUR, HOW IT WAS ORIGINALLY APPLIED AND THE INDIVIDUAL'S ABILITY TO HEAL.

FOR INSTANCE, A TATTO APPLIED BY AN EXPERIENCED ARTIST MAY BE EASIER TO REMOVE SINCE THE PIGMENT WOULD HAVE BEEN EVENLY INJECTED IN THE SAME LAYER OF THE SKIN. NEW TATTOOS ARE OFTEN MORE DIFFICULT TO REMOVE THAN OLDE ONES ARE, AS ARE YELLOW AND GREEN ONES COMPARED TO BLUE AND BLACK ONES.