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Gray tattooed eyebrows have become red after a laser treatment. Is it possible to remove this color with PicoSure laser?

helga wild1Feb 7, 2019
I would like to know what other metamorphosis with colors I need to expect. And I also about any possibility to remove this color with Pico laser ?Thank you.

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Dr. Scott T. Burger, MD
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