How to remove a homemade tattoo ?

If you want to have a tattoo, then consider carefully that you really want to have it. Because until now there has been no technique to remove the tattoo completely safe for the skin.

According to the survey contained in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology found 24 percent of people aged 18 to 50 years who had tattoos and 17 percent of them wanted to remove the tattoo from his body.

Tattoos are permanent attached to the body, the chances of success to remove the tattoo depends on the color of skin, a substance used to make tattoos and size.

Here are techniques that can be used to remove tattoos, as quoted from the Health, Wednesday (25/11/2009):

1. Surgical technique. If the general surgical scar. The skin around the tattoo will be removed and the surrounding skin will be stitched back, causing the body stitches.

2. Dermabrasion techniques or sand the skin layer. One part of dermabrasion is salabrasi, namely by rubbing salt solution on the skin with a little warm. This method can remove the tattoo but the scars tend to be left in the skin.

3. Scarification techniques. This technique uses a chemical to remove the top layer of skin, usually used solution is a solution of acid and cause the former.

4. Cryosurgery or cryotherapy. This procedure by burning the skin tattoos and cool with liquid nitrogen, this method is generally used to remove warts or sores on the skin.

5. Laser technique. This technique is most often used in recent years. Using a ray of light contrast between skin color and ink, a continuous beam will be split ink particles and small particles will be absorbed into the body.

"Until now, the tattoo removal techniques using lasers is the best way compared to other methods," says Paul Jarrod Frank, MD, director of the Dermatology Surgery and Laser Center in New York.

Although currently most sold a variety of creams that claim to remove and diminish the tattoos, but the drug regulatory authority and the American diet does not recommend people to use it. "The chemical contained in the cream is very active, so that can cause skin irritation and eroding," said Frank.

Various methods for removing tattoos is very susceptible to trigger allergies or skin irritation and scars, especially in people who have very high sensitivity. To that should consider carefully whether you really want a tattoo or not, so as not to regret later.