Biomedical Engineering Reference
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Figure 13.16
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) Multicolored professional tattoo on the shoulder of a 20-year-old Thai woman, before treatment. (
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) Four months after the last treatment with
the Q-switched neodymium-doped:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser. The dark blue and green inks received eight 1064-nm laser treatments, whereas the red ink
got two 532-nm laser treatments. The green ink was incompletely eliminated. Hypertrophic scars developed on the previous red-ink portion.
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Figure 13.17
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) A professional tattoo with blue ink on the ankle of an 18-year-old Thai woman, before. (
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) Persistence of textural change and skin dyspigmenta-
tion, 3 months after fi ve 1064-nm Q-switched neodymium-doped:yttrium-aluminum-garnet laser treatments.
Source
: From Ref. 284.
