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Laser tattoo removal causes lymphoma?

kt1993Apr 14, 2017
I'm looking into getting laser tattoo removal. I'm currently 24 years old but was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 3. I take Enbrel once a week. I know that having RA increases my risk of lymphomas. After reading that laser tattoo removal breaks up the ink and it is then removed by the lymphatic system I was wondering if that would somehow make it more possible for a lymphoma to occur? Could it aggravate the system and bring it about?

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Thanks for your question and posting a picture.  You will get better and fast results using a picosecond laser.  They hype of extra wavelengths does not make that much of a difference.  The 755 nm will get rid of most of the ink colors.  For red and pink ink, you would need to make sure they hav...

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