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An estimated ten million people in the United States have at least one tattoo. Female college students account for the application of fifty-thousand to one-hundred thousand tattoos a year, while ten percent of adult males sport at least one. Yet, more than half of all people with tattoos eventually regret having them and many want them removed.

If a tattoo is comprised of different colors, several lasers are commonly used to remove it, each one targeting different-colored tattoo inks. While the procedure only takes a few minutes, several treatment sessions may be required. The good news is that the result will last forever, although in some cases trace pigments of the tattoo may be visible.

History

No one knows when the practice of tattooing the skin began, but Egyptian mummies dating back to 1300 B.C. have shown evidence of blue tattoo marks. Tattooing is accomplished by injecting colored pigment into small deep holes made in the skin. Regardless of who injects the pigment - a tattoo artist or an untrained person the marks or designs are relatively permanent. For various personal reasons, people turn to physicians to have tattoos removed.

Fortunately, there are several methods for tattoo removal which have proven successful. In most cases, however, some scarring or color variations remain. The conspicuousness of these blemishes depends upon several factors including size, location, the individual's healing pro-cess, how the tattoo was applied, and length of time it has been on the skin. A tattoo performed by a more experienced tattoo artist, for example, may be easier to remove since the pigment is evenly injected in the same level of the skin. A tattoo that has been on the skin for a considerable length of time may be more difficult to remove than a new one.

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