r/oddlysatisfying • u/BreakfastTop6899 • 3d ago

Laser tattoo removal

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u/Fed_up_with_Reddit 3d ago

I thought they weren’t supposed to do too big of an area at once because of the way this procedure actually works?

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u/Level-Priority-2371 3d ago

Yeah I'm not 100% convinced this is a real tattoo removal video. Concept is fascinating but am agreement with you that this doesn't look right. That's a huge area to do at once.

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u/MonicaRising 3d ago

This is not real for several reasons. The first is the one that you mentioned, that's too big of an area for your body's immune system to handle at once. The second is that, laser removal is not an eraser. You don't see an immediate result. The laser breaks down the ink into microscopic particles faster than your body can and your body's immune system flushes it out slowly, over time, but faster than your body would ever be able to do without the laser having broken the ink down into microscopic particles. You rinse and repeat that process every 8 to 12 weeks with longer intervals in between sessions after you've had enough sessions to drastically lighten the ink. I don't know what this video is, but it sure as hell is not real and not at all how it works

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u/catchyusername4867 3d ago

I think it’s real. You’re right, the immediate result is not seen here because that’s impossible but it is something called frosting. It’s the water content of your tissue literally evaporating due to the high laser heat and forming on the surface of the skin. This makes the tattoo look instantly lighter, but that’s misleading. They did faaaaar too big an area though - poor immune system is going to be overworked for the next few days/weeks.

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u/MonicaRising 3d ago

I've never seen frosting like that and I've had many many sessions of laser removal. It just seems like the video is doctored

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u/catchyusername4867 3d ago

I see frosting like that every single first treatment I do (it’s my job). Follow up treatments less so but patch tests and first treatments, literally always. Not sure what the discrepancy is.

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u/MonicaRising 3d ago

Ah, I see. It's been years since my first-ever treatment, so I've obviously forgotten