Tattoo - DermAtlas - Dermatology Image Atlas

Contributor

Bernard Cohen, MD

Diagnosis

tattoo

Body Site

arm

Age

18 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

Color

red green black

Morphology

macular / flat (macule / patch)

Pattern

asymmetric

Comments

This healthy adolescent had a tattoo on his right arm which was treated with carbon dioxide laser ablation. Figure 1 shows the tattoo before treatment, figure 2 immediately after treatment, figure 3 2 weeks after treatment, and figure 4 3 months later. Although the Q-switched lasers have superceded the carbon dioxide laser in the treatment of tattoos because of the minimal risk of scarring of these lasers compared with CO2, there may still be a place for CO2 laser for selected patients.

Description

series of images demonstrating course following carbon dioxide laser treatment of tattoo

Image Added

2/26/2006 19:49:48

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PubMed Medline Plus Medscape

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