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Figure 5: This is an idealised diagram showing the amount of ink which might be removed between laser treatment sessions. The horizontal red bars are all of equal length and represent the time interval of 6 weeks. Hence, this diagram shows 9 treatment sessions. The vertical green bars show the amount of ink removed by the start of subsequent treatments.
When a relatively short interval is left between repeat laser sessions, the total amount of ink removed is correspondingly small. As can be seen in figure 2, all subsequent treatments occur during the early stages of phase 4, before the majority of ink has been removed.
The vertical green bars indicates the amount of ink removed by the time of the next treatments. If my idea is correct, then this is simply because the main removal process has not had sufficient time to occur, leaving behind most of the ink. Subsequent treatments renew the tissue trauma around the ink particles which triggers the whole repair process again, from the start, beginning with another homeostasis phase.
Figure 6: When the time interval between treatment sessions is 12 weeks, the amount of ink removed between sessions increases significantly. Smaller ink particles are removed by the lymph to the axilla nodes, where they remain for life. Macrophages and fibroblasts consume larger particles and re-encapsulate them in situ.
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