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Tattoos can often be a case of ink now, regret later. Extracting the dye from the skin has usually been a painful process. However, cosmetic surgeons are now offering what they say is a more efficient and less painful way of removing body art. A cream called Rejuvi can be injected into the skin in much the same way as the ink is injected into the top layers of the epidermis to create the tattoo. The Rejuvi is said to be absorbed by the pigmented cells and to bond with the pigment. This softens the ink and pushes it to the surface of the skin where it forms a scab. When the scab falls off after 6 - 8 weeks, the ink goes with it.
It is claimed that the technique, first used in the US, has a higher success rate than laser treatment, is cheaper, less painful and has a minimal risk of scarring. Stuart Harrison, director of clinics just starting to use the process said that the procedure was "uncomfortable rather than painful but...less painful than having the tattoo itself [or] having laser treatment. Laser works by breaking up ink pigmentation; however, this works by using the body's natural processes. The reason a tattoo stays is a coating is put around the ink to protect it from the body's immune response. This cream makes the ink identifiable to the body so that it [rejects] it and heal[s] itself."
Until recently the only way of using the cream was forcing it into the skin - which had a cheese grater effect. Now a new micropigmentation gun can apply cream under the surface of the skin without scarring. Previously the most popular method of removal in the UK has been laser treatment which breaks up the tattoo pigment, flushing particles away through the immune system. However, it can take several treatments and some complain the ink never completely fades.
Other treatments include a skin peeling acid or dermabrasion which involves freezing the skin and sloughing it off with a rotary tool. It can lead to scarring and even a skin graft. Some tattoos are surgically cut out but only when they are too deep to be treated with laser.
It is claimed that this cream has a minimal risk of scarring. However, the efficacy of Rejuvi has been questioned on some US chat forums.
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