New Cream Injections Promise Removal of Unwanted Tattoos
Though it's pretty much the formal antithesis of punk rock, there's a new solution for removing unwanted tattoos: Rejuvi cream is injected below the skin via tiny needles (in much the same way as tattoo ink is injected), and causes the ink to come to the skin surface, form a scab, and then drop off.
Rejuvi is apparently absorbed by the pigmented cells in your skin, and bonds with the pigment, which softens the ink and pushes it out. The scab falls off after roughly six to eight weeks. According to the DailyMail, experts claim the technique is cheaper, less painful, has a higher success rate than laser treatment, and has a minimal risk of scarring.
"It is uncomfortable rather than painful but it is less painful than having the tattoo itself and certainly a lot less painful than having laser treatment," says Stuart Harrison, director of Oxford Skin Clinics in the UK. "The reason that a tattoo stays there is that a coating is put around the ink to protect it from the body's immune response," he says. "But this cream makes the ink identifiable to the body so that it realizes the ink is there and starts rejecting it and healing itself."
Technology: Making permanent decisions impermanent, one tattoo at a time. [From: DailyMail]
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dwr50 said 10:48AM on 8-28-2008
Great news... gives stupid people a second chance. I love it.
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jeremiah said 11:47AM on 9-09-2008
Man that looks awful! As long as there are stupid people there will always be people who get stupid tattoos! One of my favorites it the guy with the cat butt tattooed on his stomach! It is a true classic! check it out http://tattooshopsupply.com/the_tattoo_blog/?cat=1
There are a bunch of bad and funny tattoos there for you to enjoy and think about putting tattoo removal cream in!
Cheers!
*J
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alex said 12:08PM on 9-09-2008
The selective deletion of unwanted parts of a tattoo would require some artistry and precision, neither of which is in the job description. In addition, as has been noted repeatedly, tattooed skin and skin where a tattoo has been removed are never really quite the same. Tattooing around the region of a removal may or may not produce acceptable results. Should you come to the eventuality someday that you desire a change in or a removal of your tattoo, consider your options just as carefully as you might consider a tattoo in the first place, if you could start all over again
How much of the tattoo gets removed depends on so many different factors: size, location, ability to heal, how the tattoo was applied (amateur or professional) and how long ago it was done. Because there are potentially hundreds of different types of tattoo inks out there, and because we never seem to know which ink was being used, it's hard to know if it can be removed.
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