Dr. Kaplan just got his 3rd laser tattoo removal of his tattoo.  Below is a photo of the tattoo just before it got lasered.  The bottom photo is how the tattoo looked originally.  As the tattoo gets lighter, there is less and less ink to absorb the laser heat, so the power of the laser can be gradually turned up (to a limit).  As you can see, there is fading that occurs with each treatment, not all of which is obvious right away.  The M & D were especially dark since they had extra passes done on them but are also fading.  Notice that there are no changes on the skin or evidence of any scarring.  The fading occurs without the need for blistering simply through the action of the q-switched laser.

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