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My tattooed skin has become scaly, dry and bit loose after first laser treatment. What's going on?

Depressed12Mar 4, 2015
I have a tattoo which is raised all the time since the day I got it. I had first laser treatment 6 weeks ago and seems and my skin treated skin has become very scaly, dry and loose. It can be easily differentiated with other skin. What's going on? Is it possible to remove such tattoo?

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Hratch Karamanoukian, MD, FACS

Your skin type and the colors for this tattoo make it challenging but there are new picosecond lasers that can deal with these while minimizing collateral damage (like hypopigmentation or hyperpigmentation) in your skin. PicoSure can effectively clear the blue ink.PicoWay can targer the red...

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Laser tattoo removal is a common procedure that has longterm benefits. Like all medical procedures, there may always be rare complications that are written in textbooks.  Your laser specialist should be aware of these problems. Best, Dr. Karamanoukian Los Angeles

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