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Today's methods for removing tattoos are far more advanced compared to those of yesteryears. 10 and 15 years ago there were very few methods for removing tattoos, which means you only had a few options to choose from. Well, within the past 5 to 10 years we have made some very useful advances in this arena.
The new advances in tattoo removal technology have made removing a tattoo so much easier and less painful compared to what people used to have to go through. It is funny to think about but it is true that about 10 years ago cryosurgery, dermabrasion, and excision were the most popular and well known methods for tattoo removal.
Cryosurgery was a method that was not very comfortable at all. This process was very old school and required your skin to be frozen so that during the removal of ink, you couldn't really feel any pain. Well, the problem with that is when your skin finally unfroze you felt lots of pain. Anyone who has ever had this done would probably not suggest it to anyone else regardless of the results.
Dermabrasion was the most commonly used method and is still used today by those who do not want to undergo laser removal. Dermabrasion is just that, abrasing the skin. This is aka from sanding down the skin to remove the top layers. You can imagine how painful this process could be if not done correctly. Back 10 ad 15 years ago, it was not. People were sanding there skin way too heavily causing things like bleeding, scarring, scabbing etc. This can be an effective method of tattoo removal but it has to be done over a period of time.
Excision is easily the dumbest and most painful way to remove a tattoo. Literally, some doctor would use a knife of some sort to cut our and remove the tattoo. That says enough right there but for informational purposes, there is more. After the tattoo was cut out, the doctor or his/her staff would stitch together the skin, which always every single time left a bad scar. If you were unlucky and dumb enough to use this method and had a large tattoo you probably ended up getting numerous skin grafts to close the open wound. Why not just live with the tattoo.
