Tattoo Removal and Tattoo Scarring: Difference between pages

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Scarring and Blowout

When done properly on healthy skin, tattooing should cause no perceptible scars. However, if the artist tattoos too deep, or works the skin too hard, tattoo scarring can easily occur. This may or may not damage the tattoo, and it can be anything from slightly raised outlines to the tattoo being constantly bumpy, raised, and itchy. As one reader describes, these scars may not raise up until later (as evidence, look at healing photos in BME's scarification gallery):

It can take quite some time after healing for the effects to show ... One of my tattoos scarred two years after it was done. My skin got bumpy and rough ... Really gross looking. And there is nothing you can do about it!

Assuming your skin is healthy and you are going to a talented artist, this should not be a risk.

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-[[File:Bmepb255825.jpg|thumb|Almost healed after second laser section]]
+[[File:Mykuh_anubis.jpg|thumbnail|Scarring and Blowout]]
-[[File:Bmegl128174.jpg|thumb|Removal by surgical excision. Procedure by [[Emilio Gonzalez]]]]
-'''Tattoo removal''' can be performed through a variety of methods, but the procedures are quite expensive, and the results are usually not satisfactory, often leaving some ink as well as scarring.
-== Tattoo removal methods ==
+When done properly on healthy [[Skin|skin]], [[Tattooing|tattooing]] should cause no perceptible scars. However, if the artist tattoos too deep, or works the skin too hard, '''tattoo scarring''' can easily occur. This may or may not damage the tattoo, and it can be anything from slightly raised outlines to the tattoo being constantly bumpy, raised, and itchy. As one reader describes, these [[Scar|scars]] may not raise up until later (as evidence, look at healing photos in BME's [http://www.bmezine.com/scar/bme-scar.html scarification gallery]):
-;Surgical Excision
-:the physical removal of the tattooed skin.
-;Laser
-:breakdown of the ink using a intensely focused light. Laser tattoo removal is presently the most common form of removal offered today. The process works extremely well on dark tattoos for people with light colored skin. Unfortunately, when tattoo inks are similar to skin pigmentation, permanent light spots might develop. This is especially true when the client has dark skin. Laser removal is also considered to be much more painful than a tattoo, and often requires multiple sessions worth hundreds of dollars. It is not uncommon for laser removal to also leave a slight scar where the tattoo was as well. Overall this is not a procedure to be taken lightly.
-;Tissue Expansion
-:is a method where a balloon is inserted and inflated under the skin to slowly stretch the flesh. The tattoo is then cut out and the newly stretched skin covers its place. This is a popular method for removing smaller tattoos and leaves only a straight-line surgical scar.
-;Salabrasion
-:rubbing the image with salt and "sanding" it out.[http://www.tattoos-away.com/salabrasion.html [1]] It can cause scarring and skin discoloration.
-Again - tattoo removal is very expensive and far from perfect. Please think long and hard about what you want tattooed before you do it!
+:''It can take quite some time after healing for the effects to show ... One of my tattoos scarred two years after it was done. My skin got bumpy and rough ... Really gross looking. And there is nothing you can do about it!''
+Assuming your skin is healthy and you are going to a talented artist, this should not be a risk.
+== Entries related to this risk ==
+* [[Tattoo]]
+* [[Tattoo Gun Scarification]]

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