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Answers to Tattoo Removal Quiz

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

Here are the answers to yesterday’s tattoo removal quiz for our Austin patients:

(1) Blue and Green are the two most difficult colors of tattoo ink to treat.

(2) Q-switching is a technique by which a laser can be made to produce a pulsed output beam. The technique allows the production of light pulses with extremely high peak power, much higher than would be produced by the same laser if it were operating in a continuous wave mode. The tattoo removal lasers used in our Austin tattoo removal clinic operate in a nanosecond (billionth of a second) range.

(3) The ruby laser came first – it was first operated in 1960. The carbon dioxide laser was first used in 1964.

(4) Nd:YAG stands for Neodymium-doped yttrium aluminium garnet. This crystal is used as the lasing medium for solid-state lasers (including tattoo removal lasers).

(5) If a 1064nm wavelength is “frequency-doubled), a 532nm wavelength will result. Frequently is inversely related to wavelength, so a doubled frequency would be 50% of wavelength (so 1064 to 532 vs. 1064 to 2128nm).

Thanks for those of you who participated in our Austin tattoo removal quiz.

Austin Laser Tattoo Removal Quiz

Friday, November 28th, 2008

Here are a few laser tattoo removal questions that we are asked with some frequency that we’d like to see if our Austin readers now the answer to:

(1) What are the two most difficult colors of tattoo ink to remove?

(2) What does “Q-switched” mean on a tattoo removal laser?

(3) Which came first, the ruby laser or the carbon dioxide laser?

(4) What does Nd:YAG stand for?

(5) If a 1064nm wavelength undergoes “frequency doubling” what will be the resulting wavelength?

Comment on this post if you know the answer to these questions! We are excited to see what sort of Austin laser tattoo removal experts are out there!

Reason for Laser Tattoo Removal in Austin

Wednesday, November 26th, 2008

Most people that have a tattoo they no longer desire have pretty clear reasons for looking to remove a tattoo. We’ve seen that these reasons vary widely, but many Austin tattoo removal patients are experiencing some similar motivations. Here are a couple:

(1) Tattoo removal allows patients to have more control over their clothing options. Women especially find that styles change and the attractive style of 5 years ago that covered their tattoo might no longer be hip. These days, an open back or very short sleeves or dozens of other features might make a tattoo visible were these clothes to be worn. So, the style that would otherwise be very appealing might not be selected because of concerns over the visibility of the tattoo. Austin men experience the desire for laser tattoo removal when a new job and the accompanying work uniform or dress code make their tattoo no longer appropriate.

(2) Many new mothers in Austin want to remove their tattoo. They selected a tattoo as a form of body art when they were young, single, and more carefree. Now, they are reassessing their priorities and have concerns over the message a tattoo may send to their young children. Parents might be happy with decisions they made for themselves, but regret how those decisions might impact their children. Tattoo removal offers a solution.

New Look Laser Tattoo Removal in Austin exclusively offers tattoo removal services. It’s all we do, and we get great results for our patients.