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Can the R20 method be used with the candela PicoWay for a large full blackout tattoo? (Photo)

rudra78Sep 6, 2018
I have a big black cover up that I want to laser off and hopefully save time using the PicoWay with 1064nm combined with the R20 method. Is this method used for pico second lasers such as PicoWay ?

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