Your Bad Tattoos Can Be History
Candela, a Wayland company specializing in aesthetic laser treatments, issued a press release today seeking to get the attention of anyone suffering from a bad case of “tattoo regret.”
Citing data from a variety of sources, Candela noted that 45 million Americans sport tattoos, but half of them later want those tattoos removed, perhaps because surveys show that many folks regard a tattoo as a romantic turn-off when it adorns the skin of someone whom they might otherwise fancy as desirable.
Removing the tattoos of someone who has been gloriously inked in cinnabar and indigo can present quite a challenge to the aesthetician. Remember Lydia the tattooed lady? The circus star immortalized in song by Groucho Marx? Imagine her – or Angelina Jolie, perhaps – showing up at the clinic and demanding that their pink-and-white hides be returned to a pristine state. In the old days, a battery of lasers might have been required to do the job, according to Candela. (Jolie is shown at right in an AP file photo.)
“Previously, removing multi-colored tattoos meant using multiple lasers,” Candela said in a press release.
But no more. The company claims its AlexTriVantage laser is up to the task of eradicating a rainbow of tattoo colors.
“The AlexTriVantage extends the capabilities of traditional Q-switched Alexandrite lasers by offering practitioners the freedom to treat all colors using three unique wavelengths, 755 nm, 1064 nm, and 532 nm, all in one system,” Candela said. “In addition, the AlexTriVantage state-of-the-art energy delivery emits a precise and uniform beam resulting in minimal bleeding, tissue splatter, or scarring.”
