LaserTattoo Removal, in Norwich 

WHAT IS LASER REMOVAL IN A NUTSHELL?​

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Generally speaking, lasers are a focussed beam of light that uses a singular colour to target a certain area on the skin while leaving the skin around it completely unharmed.

The various wavelengths produced by laser (red, blue, green etc) are absorbed by different targets (unwanted body tattoos, or eyebrow tattoos etc) in the skin.

The laser light is converted into heat energy when it hits the target, thereby destroying the target and removing it from the skin.

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HOW DO LASERS WORK TO REMOVE TATTOOS?

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Interestingly, a body tattoo would be completely removed naturally by the body in around 300 to 400 years - obviously if we were alive that long! Since we are only alive for around 85yrs on average, and would typically have a tattoo for around 60 years of that life at most, the tattoo will never fade enough to the point of satisfaction (if you wanted it gone for example), or really that noticeably faded.

It may have faded a little close to the 60yr mark, but not much. This is because 60 years is not long enough for the body to naturally break down the ink particles in the body and remove them via the lymph system.

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Where lasers come into this, is that the laser beam targets the ink/pigment particles and blasts them into much smaller bitesize pieces so that the body can remove the ink/pigment easier and faster.

Think of your tattoo as a huge meal you have to eat in just a few large bites, but, were you to eat the meal using a fork taking smaller bitesize pieces, you can finish that meal easier and quicker.

Once the laser has broken the ink/pigment into much smaller digestible pieces, the body then gets to work in removing the particles via the lymph system over a number of weeks.