Botched Tattoo Removal Costing Us

  

People are getting tattoos all the time. Some do it after giving it a lot of thought and research, and others may do it on the spur of the moment - because at the time it seemed like a good idea. However, regardless of the preparation beforehand, many people who have had their tattoos for a long time still regret it after a while and end up removing it.

Tattoo removal gone wrong has left tens of thousands scarred and infected by unregistered laser machines used by untrained beauticians. Because beauticians have no indemnity insurance, unhappy clients can't get compensation.

While doctors who remove tattoos are required to be trained, insured and use machines approved by medicines safety watchdog, beauticians do not.

If amateur tattoo removal goes wrong and it is done incorrectly, you coagulate the ink, you turn it into a super-heated liquid and you get a boggy, infected mass.

With the popularity of have a tattoo becoming increasingly popular and fairly straight forward, the job of removing them can be expensive and painful. It has become a growth industry with many tattoo parlours now also offering the services. These operators are using cheap, unapproved laser machines to do the job and they have rarely been properly trained.

If these powerful machines are not properly operated they can severely burn the patient, cause infections and even hide a developing melanoma by removing the pigment by doctor needs to identify it.

Without a doubt, tattoo removal is on the increase. Fifty percent of those who get tattooed end up removing it after a period of time. Tattoos are permanent markings and the successful removal is not guaranteed. There are many methods to remove a tattoo and each one works differently - laser removal is only one of the tattoo removal methods.

There are several methods to remove tattoos which have proved to be successful, however in the majority of cases some scarring or colour variation may remain. If a tattoo was applied by an experienced tattoo artist, this may be easier to remove as the pigment is likely to be more evenly injected in the same level of the skin.

If the tattoo is only small, excision is the most suitable as it will remove the entire area that has been inked. Other methods include dermabrasion and salabrasion.

Tattoo removal creams can be effective especially over a longer period of time. Tattoos will fade naturally over the years, but there are a number of fading creams available that work very well as an alternative in diminishing a tattoo.