Tattoo removal lasers work by directing specific wavelengths of light towards a tattoo. The ink in a tattoo absorbs certain wavelengths of light that fits its absorption pattern. Here’s an example of how color really works – when light shines upon a red apple, what colors are reflected and what colors are absorbed? All colors are absorbed except red, which is reflected and seen by the viewer. With a tattoo removal laser, wavelengths that are absorbed well by tattoo ink (and less so by things in the skin that we want to ignore) are used for certain colors – whether the tattoo ink be green, red, black, purple, or orange. When the absorption occurs, the tattoo ink heats up – imagine your body absorbing the sunlight and feeling warmer. Because of the extremely fast pulse of a tattoo removal laser – several billionths of a second – the tattoo ink heats up very quickly, causing it to shatter.
Once the ink is shattered it is easier for your body to remove it – like it would any other foreign particle. It takes a number of sessions to remove tattoos, but we can remove most colors of tattoo ink here at New Look Laser Tattoo Removal, the specialist in laser tattoo removal in Austin, Texas.
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