When you decide to get a tattoo, you already know that if by any chance you want to get rid of it, the entire process is going to be difficult and time-consuming. That is why many of us get a tattoo after giving it a lot of thought. And if by any chance, you decide to remove it, then the first tattoo removal procedure that comes to your mind is the laser procedure which is popular among everyone. It is considered that the laser tattoo removal process is one of the most effective and the safest technique to remove the unwanted ink from your body.
But there’s more to it than it meets the eye. You should never jump to any conclusion without having a consultation from the expert. If you decide to opt for a laser removal procedure, make sure that you are talking to a laser specialist so that he can examine your tattoo, the area where it is, the type of ink, and then inform you about the plan that can work for you. But before you go ahead with anything, you must know about how laser tattoo removal works.
Process of getting a tattoo
Before moving ahead with the laser tattoo removal process, you must be aware of how these tattoos work on your skin. So, when the entire process embarks, the ink gets deposited into your dermis that is the inner layer of the skin. This layer never absorbs the ink into the dermal tissue and the epidermis gets regenerated naturally. Once the ink gets into the dermis, the body’s immune system starts reacting to it as the white blood cells try to absorb and remove the ink. As the ink particles are too large for the white blood cells to absorb, in the long run, these cells start to heal around the ink particles and in that manner the tattoo ink becomes permanent.
The laser tattoo removal process
Now that the ink has become permanent onto your skin and you want to get rid of it, then the laser tattoo removal process is the most convenient option that you have. The laser removes the tattoo by breaking up the ink particles into tiny pieces so that the white blood cells can absorb them. When the laser light enters the skin, it heats up and breaks all the ink inside the skin first. It takes many treatments for the laser to penetrate the deepest layer of the ink of the tattoo. If your tattoo is bold or darker, you will require more sittings to completely remove the ink as compared to the shaded tattoos that have a comparatively low density of the ink.
Number of treatments required
The laser tattoo removal process is not a one-time job. As mentioned earlier, it takes several treatments to fade away the ink of the tattoo. And according to the laser experts, around 6 to 10 treatments are needed to see an effective result of the procedure. Also, the number of treatments required depends completely on person to person, body type, the type of tattoo, ink used, body part, and color of used for the tattoo. Consider this treatment as peeling your skin layer by layer, exactly how we do it to the onion skin. The experts advise you to wait for 6 to 7 weeks between each treatment to save the skin from damage as the process to eliminate the ink takes a lot of time and in this case, giving time is one of the biggest things that you should follow.
So now if you think that whether this laser tattoo removal process is going to be painful or not then there is good news for you. It will be done before you will even know it! The laser beams heat the ink particles to thousands of degrees for them to break down, but the entire process is so quick that you will only feel the vibration through your skin as it targets the upper layer of the skin to lift and frost. You will feel a temporary pain, but it will go away in seconds. As the area of the tattoo starts to heal, you will notice and feel a bit of discomfort, swelling, and tenderness, but your laser expert will tell you everything about the aftercare of the laser tattoo removal process and you will feel fine in a few days.
Just make sure that you are choosing the right tattoo removal procedure that has the right effects on your skin only after the consultation.