New and Advanced Picosecond Lasers for Tattoo Removal.

Adatto, Maurice Alfred; Amir, Ruthie; Bhawalkar, Jayant; Sierra, Rafael; Bankowski, Richard; Rozen, Doran; Dierickx, Christine; Lapidoth, Moshe (2017). New and Advanced Picosecond Lasers for Tattoo Removal. Current problems in dermatology, 52, pp. 113-123. Karger 10.1159/000450812

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Early methods of tattoo removal ultimately resulted in unacceptable cosmetic outcomes. While the introduction of laser technology was an improvement over the existing chemical, mechanical, and surgical procedures, the use of nonselective tattoo removal with carbon dioxide and argon lasers led to scarring. Q-switched lasers with nanosecond (10-9) pulse domains were considered to have revolutionized tattoo treatment, by selectively heating the tattoo particles, while reducing the adverse sequelae to adjacent normal skin. Theoretical considerations of restricting pulse duration, to heat tattoo particles to higher temperatures, proposed the use of sub-nanosecond pulses to target particles with thermal relaxation times lower than the nanosecond pulses in Q-switched lasers. Initial studies demonstrated that picosecond (10-12) pulses were more effective than nanosecond pulses in clearing black tattoos. Advances in picosecond technology led to the development of commercially available lasers, incorporating several different wavelengths, to further refine pigment targeting.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Further Contribution)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Dermatology, Urology, Rheumatology, Nephrology, Osteoporosis (DURN) > Clinic of Dermatology

UniBE Contributor:

Adatto, Maurice Alfred

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0070-2064

Publisher:

Karger

Language:

English

Submitter:

Andrea Studer-Gauch

Date Deposited:

26 Mar 2018 14:37

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 15:10

Publisher DOI:

10.1159/000450812

PubMed ID:

28288459

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.110718

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/110718

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