Treatment of tattoo allergy with ablative fractional resurfacing: A novel paradigm for tattoo removal

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1111-1114

  Ibrahimi, Omar A ^a,b   Syed, Zain ^c   Sakamoto, Fernanda H ^a   Avram, Mathew M ^a   Anderson, R Rox ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

laser therapy; Q switched lasers; tattoo allergy

Indexed keywords

PETROLATUM; PREDNISONE;

ABLATION THERAPY; ABLATIVE FRACTIONAL RESURFACING; ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; FEMALE; GAUZE DRESSING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; SCAR FORMATION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN GRAFT; TATTOO ALLERGY; WOUND CARE;

ADULT; COLOR; COLORING AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TATTOOING;

EID: 79956090540     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: 10976787     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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