A tattoo black tattoo on the skin reached 75% fading after 4 sessions at Vic Park Medical over 1 year and 9 months.
After 4 sessions at Vic Park Medical.
The tattoo
A medium black tattoo on the skin.
Timeline
4 sessions over 1 year and 9 months.
The laser
Vic Park Medical treated this case with the Switch, a nanosecond Q-switch platform.
For black ink, it operates at 1064 nm with a pulse duration of 10 ns.
Bottom line
The last 5 to 10 percent of clearance is consistently the hardest phase: residual ink sits deepest, immune response slows, and the composition of what remains is unknown.