Safety and effectiveness of black tattoo clearance in a pig model after a single treatment with a novel 758nm 500 picosecond laser: A pilot study

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 640-646

  Izikson, Leonid ^a   Farinelli, William ^a   Sakamoto, Fernanda ^a   Tannous, Zeina ^a   Anderson, R Rox ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon; Iron oxide; Laser; Nanosecond; Picosecond; Pigment; Porcine; Removal; Tattoo

Indexed keywords

CARBON; INDIAN INK; IRON OXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL PIG; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LASER; NANOSECOND LASER; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PICOSECOND LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; TATTOO REMOVAL; TATTOOING;

ANIMALS; CARBON; FEMALE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FOREIGN BODIES; LASER THERAPY; LASERS; PILOT PROJECTS; SKIN; SWINE; TATTOOING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956712216     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20942     Document Type: Article

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