Tattoo Ink & Laser Removal

What you should know about Tattoo Ink:

Everyone who deals with tattoo removal also needs to be informed about the substances of tattoo ink and the possible problems linked to them.
Almost half of people between 18 and 35 have tattoos, and almost one in four regrets it. According to a 2016 Harris Poll, based on 60 million people in that age group, that would mean around 7.5 million regret their tattoo.
The oldest pigments used in tattoos came from using ground up minerals and carbon black.
Some colors such as green and yellow contain plastics.
There is also glow in the dark or in response to black light. These pigments are very risky, radioactive in nature.
MRI scans can be reactive to metals contained in tattoo ink and cause severe reactions and even second degree burns.

Red Ink

This is the number one ink that people are reactive to, mostly due to the mercury content. 2015 study at New York University’s Langone Medical Center found that at least 6% of tattooed New Yorkers suffered a serious reaction like swelling and severe itching that lasted for more than four months. Almost half of these reactions were to red ink. May also contain metal cadmium a known carcinogenic, according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, an arm of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Black Ink

An Australian sponsored study finds that carcinogenic ingredients were identified in 83 percent of black inks. An analysis of 17 black inks from five different manufacturers shows lead, cadmium, chromium, nickel, titanium and other heavy metals that could be concern for inciting allergies or diseases.

“Tattoo Ink May Stain Your Lymph Nodes”

A recently published study by scientists from Germany and the ESRF, the European Synchrotron, Grenoble (France), have found that elements from tattoo ink circulate inside the body’s immune system and stain lymph nodes.

Scientists already knew that pigments from tattoo ink traveled to the lymph nodes by observing the visual evidence of the stained nodes, however, this study marks the first time researchers have found analytical evidence of the transport of these micro- and nano-particles through the immune system.

What you should know about Laser Removal:

Most widely used method for tattoo removal
Painful
May require 10-20 treatments
Failure of full removal
Not suitable for all Ink Colors
Ink can change color
High risk of scarring
Toxic Ink particles blasts into nano-particles dispersed into lymphatic system, blood and major organs of the body

The Ink that has been exploded into tissue