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New Cream Injections Promise Removal of Unwanted Tattoos

by Evan Shamoon on August 28, 2008 at 08:39 AM




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]

Tags: health, science, tattoo, tattoos

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