Laser Tattoo Removal

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• Laser Tattoo Removal

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• They used to be seen on sailors, criminals and
  teenage yobs, but now tattoos have definitely
  become far more main stream even Samantha
  Cameron has a small dolphin design tattooed on
  her ankle, and David Beckhams love of tattoos is
  well documented in the media.

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• However, what seemed like a very good idea at
  the time, may often turn into tattoo remorse.
  Some statistics suggest that almost a third of
  people that have tattoos eventually come to
  regret their tattooed body art, according to a
  survey compiled by the British Association of
  Dermatologists.

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• Luckily, tattoos are now no longer as
  permanent as they once used to be. Modern laser
  tattoo removal can reduce most tattoos to a
  shadow of their former selves, removing many
  altogether. But can past mistakes now be easily
  eliminated?

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• Jane Spencer, a 29 year-old lawyer from
  London, was just 17 when she decided to have a
  wrist tattoo a strange symbol in gray, blue
  and yellow which she picked from a book of
  tattoo designs.

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• To start with I was really pleased, she
  says. It only cost me aound 40 at a tattoo
  artists in Leeds, and only took about 35 minutes
  to fully complete. However, over the past few
  years, Ive come to find it really embarrassing.

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• Im absolutely fed up with people asking me
  what it means because I dont have a clue!. And
  I also understand that for older generations,
  there are often negative connotations linked to
  tattoos. My parents really werent happy when
  they found out Id had one done

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• Jane decided to have her tattoo removed using
  laser treatment. Many companies such as British
  Laser Clinics now offer laser tattoo removal to
  an increasing number of clients.

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• The procedure works by using very powerful
  beams of coloured laser light to heat the ink,
  and break it down into tiny particles. The small
  particles are then absorbed into the body via the
  bloodstream, and are then excreted via the liver
  and digestive system.

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• Laser tattoo removal can be a lengthy
  procedure costs can vary but British Laser
  Clinics are a company leading the way in laser
  tattoo removal, and have pricing structures to
  suit all pockets.

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• The number of sessions can vary from case to
  case depending on the size and colour of the
  tattoo. It can never to 100 guaranteed to
  totally remove the tattoo, and there may always
  be a faint shadow, but it is by far and away the
  most effective way of removing unwanted tattoos.

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• We spoke to a member of staff at British Laser
  Clinics where Jane was treated Historically,
  the only real way to get rid of an old tattoo was
  to cover it with skin-coloured ink, or to cut it
  out using a surgical procedure.

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• But we can now offer laser tattoo removal
  treatments with differing degrees of
  intensityThe treatment is not completly
  painlessMany people liken the experience to
  having an elastic band snapping reppeatedly onto
  the skin,

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• We were then toldIt is unfortuanatly far more
  uncomfortable than having a tattoo, but by
  applying a numbing cream first, its not so
  uncomfortable that clients dont want to come
  back for their next session.

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• The majority of people will need a course of
  treatments, which have to be staggered 4-6 weeks
  apart in order to complete the skins healing
  process.

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• So is it really worth it? Jane, who began her
  treatment last January says I have had seven
  sessions of laser tattoo removal now, and the
  tattoo has now almost goneShe adds Luckily
  British Laser Clinics were able to offer me a
  substancial discount for block bookings, so the
  cost has been far more reasonable then if I had
  paid per session

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• British Laser Clinics does warn that some
  people will be left with ghosting a faint
  outline depending on the size and colour of the
  original tattoo.

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• It is also worth noting that lasers are not
  recommended for darker skins, as there is a risk
  that laser tattoo removal will remove natural
  pigmentation in the skin and could leave some
  white scarring.

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• Laser tattoo removal is only occasionally
  carried out on the NHS. Professor Henry Moseley,
  head of the Department of Plastic Surgery at
  Ninewalls Hospital and head of British Medical
  Laser Association, says

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• At our NHS clinic we do occasionally carry
  out laser tattoo removal, but only in a very
  small number of cases where the patients tattoo
  is causing them to be severely distressed.

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• With the development of modern laser
  technology, private companies such as British
  Laser Clinics are able to carry out laser tattoo
  removal at very affordable prices, so it is now
  possible to undo your past mistakes.
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