Laser Tattoo Removal of an Amateur Tattoo on the Breast - Before and After photos

Amateur Tattoos

Amateur tattoos are of the home-made variety.  You may have gotten one done when you were younger.  A friend did it for you.  A lot of prisoners get these while in prison. Generally speaking, these types of tattoos are easier to remove than professionally done tattoos you would get in a parlor because there is usually less ink and they are usually more shallow.  The average number of treatment sessions needed to remove an average amateur tattoo is 4-6.

I have one case here with exceptionally good results. She didn't have much ink, it was amateur, and it was 15+ years old.  I estimated it would take 4 treatments and it did.  Here are the before and after pictures from her laser tattoo removal sessions.

Figure 1.

9/24/2007.  Before Treatment.  Amateur Breast Tattoo, 15+ years old, Latina patient (darker skin type 4)

Figure 2.  

9/24/2007.  Immediately after treatment. You see whitening of the tattoo ink, indicating adequate energy absorption by of the laser, and a little bit of redness and slight swelling

Figure 3.

1/21/2008, After 4 sessions, tattoo ink is gone.  You see a bit of "whiter" skin where the tattoo used to be. This is because the patient has a darker skin tone (she is Latina) and to remove the residual ink, sometimes the patient's natural pigment is also removed as part of the process. The patient was extremely happy with the result and one year later, the skin color is blended and natural looking. 

Figure 3.
5/17/2009. More than 1 year later...skin has blended in and looks normal to the naked eye, with no previous evidence of tattoo. Patient very very happy.

Video!

While I don't have a video of the above patient, I have similar video of a laser tattoo removal of an amateur tattoo on the breast. Enjoy!

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