Victoria Lisitskaya , methodologist of the training center "Cosmotrade", winner of the championship "Permanent style of Ukraine", speaker of the scientific and practical conference on permanent makeup "Picturesque Beauty"

Not every tattoo or permanent makeup can be easily and easily removed, even with experience and an excellent laser. The reason is in the pigments themselves, or rather, in their shades.

Unfortunately, the relevance of tattoo removal and permanent makeup is gaining more and more popularity lately. In permanent makeup, this is primarily due to the need to remove low-quality work, as the industry is actively growing and there are more and more masters. Accordingly, the number of not quite professional works is growing.

In the case of a tattoo, most often clients want to remove old drawings that have already lost their aesthetic appearance and relevance. Or get rid of them as a reminder of the past - for example, from pictures taken in places of detention.

If even 2-3 years ago the industry of removing pigment from the skin in Ukraine was poorly developed, then at the moment many masters are already carrying out the laser removal procedure. Clients, as a rule, are already quite well informed about this procedure, and it no longer causes such fear as before. And here you need to understand that the removal of various colors has its own characteristics and nuances.
So, let's take a closer look at how different colors and their shades behave when removed.

Color and method: choose the right one

Black color: Responds better to the laser beam than other colors. This is due to the physical features of the absorption of a light beam by a pigment granule. When exposed to a laser on a black pigment, a very active reaction is observed - whitening of the pigment, swelling, redness around the removal area. The pigments are broken down into smaller fragments and then removed from the body by the immune system. Removed with a 1064 nm nozzle.

Dark brown is a mix of several colors. In its composition there are necessarily such colors as black, red and yellow. When exposed to a laser beam, the black component reacts best, red and yellow react worse. Therefore, when removed, cold eyebrows often take on warmer brown shades. Removed with a 1064 nm nozzle.

Light brown reacts to the laser less than dark brown, but, nevertheless, also goes well.
Red, pink colors are well split by the beam, but may acquire an undesirable gray tint. This is due to the fact that iron oxide is often present at the base of the red color, which, when exposed to a laser, can change its chemical formula. In the first procedure, the red color is removed with a 532 nm nozzle, in case of a transition to gray, further removal is performed with a 1064 nm nozzle.
Orange, yellow colors absorb the beam worse than just red. And if orange can change to gray and then leave completely, then it is more difficult with yellow. It does not change the shade, and the yellow pale residues go away very problematic. Removed with a 532 nm nozzle.
Dark green, dark blue at the initial stages are removed well. The lighter they become, the weaker they react to the laser beam. Removed with a 1064 nm nozzle. Residues are best cleaned with a remover.
Pale green, pale blue practically do not absorb the laser beam, on the contrary, reflect it. Therefore, they are not removed, it is better to remove them with a remover.

Most often, clients come to laser removal with a request to remove cold or dark eyebrows, and the laser does an excellent job of this task. The same goes for black tattoos. Difficulties in removal often arise when working with colored pigments. Therefore, it is very important to choose the removal method according to each specific case.
Both we and our clients want the removal process to be quick and take the minimum number of procedures. But, unfortunately, it takes time and patience to achieve the optimal result. The main thing is to correctly explain to the client that it is impossible to remove everything at once. But with a competent approach, high-quality equipment and materials, in the end you will achieve good results.

I wish you easy deletions!