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2. Tattoo removal - Wikipedia

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   Before tattoo removal with Q-switched lasers began in the early 1990s, continuous-wave lasers were the standard method for tattoo removal. Continuous-wave lasers used a high energy beam that ablated the target area and destroyed surrounding tissue structures as well as tattoo ink. Treatment tended to be painful and cause significant scarring ...

3. Intense pulsed light - Wikipedia

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   Intense pulsed light (IPL) is a technology used by cosmetic and medical practitioners to perform various skin treatments for aesthetic and therapeutic purposes, including hair removal, photorejuvenation (e.g. the treatment of skin pigmentation, sun damage, and thread veins) as well as to alleviate dermatologic diseases such as acne.

4. Cover-up tattoo - Wikipedia

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   A decorative tattoo over mas­tec­to­my scars (see before image), chosen in lieu of restorative tattoos that replicate the nipple and areola (see example) [31]: 11 . The use of flesh-like medical tattoos to cover up skin conditions and surgical scars is a long-established practice, dating to the German doctor Pauli in 1835, who used mercury sulfide and white lead to tattoo over skin lesions ...

5. Photorejuvenation - Wikipedia

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   IPL is used to treat dyschromia, rosacea, melasma, acne, photodamage, vascular and pigmented lesions, and rhytides. [ 9 ] One study conducted by a group of four researchers from the Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University in 2004 found IPL to be a "non-invasive, non-ablative method for rejuvenating photoaged skin with minimal ...

6. I got inked by the world’s oldest tattoo artist

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   After seeing my new tattoo, my Catholic-raised father, who grew up in Manila, did not speak to me for a whole week. Seemingly unmoved by the story of my trip to Buscalan, he warned me I was living ...

7. Scarification - Wikipedia

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   The scars tend to spread as they heal, so final designs are usually simple, the details being lost during healing. Scarification being created. Some common scarification techniques include: Ink rubbing Tattoo ink (or similar agent) is rubbed into a fresh cut to add color or extra visibility to the scar. Most of the ink remains in the skin as ...