What happens when injecting lemon juice and salt with a tattoo machine on an existing tattoo?

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Trying to remove a tattoo with salt and lemon is painfull. It will also leave a scar. The inkt of the tattoo is on the dermis. How dangerouse is it to: make a mix with salt, lemon, water, vitamine oil and honey and use a tattoo machine to inject it on the exact location of the unwanted tattoo.

Adaeze Okeke, MD · Answer

You should absolutely not do this. The ink is imbedded in the dermis and comprised of extremely dense carbon particles with various pigments and other substances. There is no way a little lemon juice will break up the ink. At the very least this will be very painful.  Worst case scenarios are that doing this could lead to infection and scarring. There are really only two options for tattoo removal, excision and laser. Please see a professional with experience and do not try this dangerous homemade concoction.

Robert Pettis, MD · Answer

Hello and thank you for asking your question about this.  I absolutely concur with my colleague that this is a potentially very dangerous way to attempt tattoo removal and will not yield any positive results, for the scientific and clinical reasons that she gave.  Please do not attempt this, you will be putting yourself at serious risk.  Tattoo removal should only be attempted in a clinical setting, please see an expert in the medical field.

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