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Unfortunately, the NHS did not see tattoo removal as a priority and so a 16 year waiting list developed!
So, in November 1988, myself and a colleague, set up the world's first laser company to sell the Q-switched ruby laser across the planet, primarily for tattoo removal. This company was DermaLase Limited. I sold the first laser to a GP in Bradford in 1991, and the second to a dermatologist in London.
We opened the world's first laser tattoo removal clinic using this type of technology in Glasgow in 1989.
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I was interviewed by Scotland Today in 1991 about our clinic and laser technique. I think I was about six years old here...
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Another TV interview in our clinic with my colleague Joyce and Dr Buksh, our laser guy!
Soon, we started to receive requests from doctors around the world for this technology. At the time, we hadn't really thought about selling it - only the treatments. So we quickly put a business plan together and tried to figure out how best to sell the QS Ruby Laser....
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This is the first promo video for a Q-switched laser and the treatment of tattoos. We made this in 1991 to help sell our first system - the DLR-1.
We launched the DLR-1 at an ASLMS meeting in San Diego to great interest from around the world. In particular, many distributors from Asia were very keen to use the laser to treat benign pigmented lesions. As a result, I became the 'Sales Director' for South East Asia and Australasia.
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