Tattoo formation from absorbable synthetic suture and successful removal with Q-switched ruby laser

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1040-1042

  Bernstein, Leonard J ^a   Palaia, David A ^a   Bank, David ^a   Geronemus, Roy G ^a  

^a LASER AND SKIN SURGERY CENTER OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LIP CARCINOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURING METHOD; TATTOO;

EID: 0030425188     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.1996.tb00659.x     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. Furnas DW, Somers G. Microsurgery in the prevention of traumatic tattoos. Plast Reconstr Surg 1976;58:631-3.
2. Horowitz J, Nichter LS, Stark D. Dermabrasion of traumatic tattoos: simple, inexpensive, effective. Ann Plast Surg 1988;21:257-9.
3. 2 laser treatment of traumatic tattoos (Letter). J Am Acad Dermatol 1984;20:137.
4. Ashinoff R, Geronemus RG. Rapid response to traumatic and medical tattoos to treatment with the Q-switched ruby laser. Plast Reconstr Surg 1993;91:841-5.
5. Levine VJ, Geronemus RG. Tattoo removal with the Q-switched ruby laser and the Q-switched Nd:YAG laser: a comparative study. Cutis 1995;55:291-6.
6. Reid WH, McLeod PJ, Ritchie A, Ferguson-Pell M. Q-switched ruby laser treatment of black tattoos. Br J Plast Surg 1983;36:455-9.
7. Alster T. Q-switched alexandrite laser treatment (755 nm) of professional and amateur tattoos. J Am Acad Dermatol 1995;33:69-73.
8. Alster TS. Successful elimination of traumatic tattoos by the Q-switched alexandrite (755 nm) laser. Ann Plast Surg 1995;34:542-5.
9. Anderson RR, Parrish JA. Selective photothermolysis: precise microsurgery by selective absorption of pulsed radiation. Science 1983;220:524-7.
10. Hirsh BC, Johnson WC. Pathology of granulomatous diseases: Foreign body granulomas. Inter J Dermatol 1984;23:531-8.