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- info@laser-erase.co.za
Permanent makeup mimics the look of just-applied lipstick, lip liner, eyebrow pencil, and eyeliner. It’s done through a process called micropigmentation, where a tattoo pen is used to inject permanent ink into the skin.
However, as much as permanent makeup may save you time, the result might not be quite what you wanted. Like other tattoos, they may fade or change colour and, as people and fashions change, so do their tastes.
The good news is that laser removal techniques can eliminate your permanent makeup with minimal side effects so you won’t have to live with it for the rest of your life.
Lasers remove tattoos by breaking up the pigment colours of the tattoo with a high-intensity light beam. The body then absorbs and eliminates the shattered molecules.
Laser tattoo removal is a clinically-proven method of removing a cosmetic tattoo without causing scarring. The Ndyag Q-switch laser, has been designed to create ultra-short pulses of light energy that shatter ink in a tattoo.
Tattoo ink (particularly the older inks) can be difficult to shatter and remove, and Ndyag Q-switch lasers are able to produce sufficient fluency (energy or power) to remove dark and bright tattoos without unattractive side effects like scarring. Q-switched laser pulses last mere nanoseconds (billionths of a second), providing high levels of fluency for quality ink shattering.
The Q Switch laser is safe to treat on all skin types, so everybody can benefit from Laser Tattoo Removal.
The demand for laser removal of cosmetic tattoos is one of the fastest growing needs in the community, with eyebrow tattoos showing the highest demand.
This technology can be used on light and dark skin types. A brief consultation with one of our highly-trained ND Yag Q Switch specialists should provide all the information needed. Depending on the tattoo, 4 to 12 sessions are required. In some cases two treatments are enough to remove the tattoo because the compounds used in cosmetic tattoos do not have the same staying power as regular tattoos. Generally-speaking, it takes between 1 and 5 laser tattoo removal sessions to completely remove an eyebrow tattoo, depending on the type of ink, your skin, and the technique used by the tattoo artist who did the tattoo.Laser tattoo removal on the cheeks or lips may take longer because the ink compounds commonly tattooed on these areas tend to get darker before getting lighter during laser removal treatments. Sessions are usually spaced 6 weeks apart. The number of sessions are usually discussed and explained to you on your first consultation. Please note: We do not remove eye-liner tattoos.
Prior to session avoid sun exposure for 2-3 weeks and after the session also 2-3 weeks should be avoided on the treated area.
During the session you will feel a warm prickling feeling, and after the session it will feel like slight sunburn on the treated area, scabbing can appear in the next 48 hours but will clear up in 3-5 days. After the session a cooling Aloe gel will be applied, and should be used for 2 days after the treatment to keep skin moist. In the next weeks following your next appointment your tattoo will start to fade.
