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Section B – Tattoo Removal...................................................................................................................... 113
B1 - Laser tattoo treatments - how do we approach different ink colours??? Part 1. ................................... 114 B2 – Laser Tattoo Removal – the important considerations..........................................................................119
B3 - "Q-switched 532nm laser energy causes significant vascular damage in the capillary plexus – how does this affect laser tattoo removal?"..................................................................................................................125
B4 - Are picosecond lasers worth the cost?....................................................................................................126 B5 - What exactly is 'frosting' in laser tattoo removal?.................................................................................129 B6 - Tattoo ink colours, absorptions and fluences..........................................................................................133 B7 - Laser tattoo treatments - how to treat ink colours - Part 2....................................................................136 B8 - Laser tattoo removal of ink colours - Part 3 ...........................................................................................139 B9 - The WRONG way to do laser tattoo removal! ........................................................................................ 142 B10 - What colour is that tattoo? ..................................................................................................................144 B11 - Chasing the 'crack' in laser tattoo treatments! Is this right?................................................................145 B12 - The physical processes behind laser tattoo removal - what is really going on? ................................... 148 B13 - Laser Tattoo Removal - wavelengths and anisotropy...........................................................................149 B14 - Picosecond vs Nanosecond Laser Tattoo Removal: which is better?....................................................150 B15 - 532nm treatment of a tattoo - what does it actually look like? ........................................................... 153 B16 - My first published paper.... on laser tattoo removal, in 1990 ..............................................................156 B17 - Laser Tattoo Removal – Aftercare ........................................................................................................ 157 B18 - How long should you leave between laser tattoo removal treatments?..............................................158
Section C – Blood Vessel Removal ............................................................................................................ 164
C1 - How strongly are different laser wavelengths absorbed in melanin and blood?....................................165 C2 - Treating blood vessels with an IPL..........................................................................................................168 C3 - New IPL Masking Technique ................................................................................................................... 173
Section D – Other Treatments .................................................................................................................. 174
D1 - Treating Benign Pigmented Lesions with an IPL and a QS Nd:YAG laser................................................175 D2 - Carbon Facial treatment with the QS Nd:YAG laser ............................................................................... 191 D3 - Q-switched ruby laser treatment of benign pigmented lesions in Chinese skin. - PubMed – NCBI ........ 195
Section E – Safety, science and other groovy stuff..................................................................................... 196
E1 - My concerns in today’s aesthetic industry... ........................................................................................... 197 E2 - Where do photons go in the skin?...........................................................................................................199 E3 - What is 'energy density' or 'fluence'? .....................................................................................................204 E4 - How long does tissue take to be damaged by heat? ..............................................................................205 E5 - IPL filters – What do the numbers mean?...............................................................................................208 E6 - Choosing the appropriate IPL filter ......................................................................................................... 212 E7 - How can there be more fluence inside the skin than applied at the surface?.........................................213 E8 - De-mystifying the physics jargon behind light-based treatments...........................................................216
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