A course of laser appointments to gradually lighten your tattoo or unwanted permanent make-up.
30 min · € 60,00
Perhaps you would like a different design, or your tattoo no longer feels right. At Nour Skin Center in Haarlem, laser can lighten it. This also applies to unwanted permanent make-up, including that on your eyebrows.
Black and other dark shades generally respond most readily. Green, yellow and light blue are harder to address and often remain partly visible. The laser delivers intense flashes lasting a very short time, splitting the ink within your skin into tiny fragments. Your body then removes these over the weeks that follow.
At your appointment, we discuss the likely number of visits and agree the spacing with you. Professionally applied tattoos often require six to twelve treatments, occasionally more. A gap of six to twelve weeks is usual to allow skin recovery. The estimate depends greatly on your skin type and the tattoo itself: its position, age and depth, along with the colours and ink used.
You cannot have treatment in these circumstances: you are pregnant or breastfeeding; your skin is tanned or you recently used a sunbed; you take isotretinoin or medicines causing light sensitivity; your tattoo is inflamed or still healing; you are prone to keloids or wounds heal poorly
Redness and swelling occur immediately after lasering; the tattoo can briefly look white too. Over the next few days, blistering or crusting may develop. Leave these alone: never pierce them or pick at them. The area must stay dry and clean. Until recovery is complete, keep away from pools, saunas and sunlight. Afterwards, use sunscreen rated SPF 30 or above.
Individual outcomes differ, and a faint outline of the tattoo can remain. Skin may become paler or darker temporarily. Scarring and permanent alterations to its texture are less common possibilities. The intense light used for tattoo removal means the procedure always carries some risk.
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