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Tattoo removal combining Q-Switched LASER and SCULPTOR CO2®

Célia Kalil, dermatologist

Porto Alegre, RS - Brazil

This is a white paper case report described by the dermatologist Dr. Célia Kalil, from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Dr. Kalil used a combination of the ACROMA-QS®, ETHEREA-MX®, and SCULPTOR CO2® technologies.

Treatment:

Tattoos are one of the best-known forms of body modification in the world. They are permanent art on the skin and technically consist of a dermic application that is frequently done at the subcutaneous level.


  • ACROMA-QS®: LASER with two Nd:YAG rods, with waves measuring 1064 nm and 532 nm.


  • Q-Switched LASER is one of the most frequently used procedures to remove tattoos.


  • ACROMA-QS® Nd:YAG Q-Switched (1064 nm): produces rapid pulses, breaking up the pigments, which will be expelled by the immune system.


  • SCULPTOR CO2® is an ablative fractional CO2 LASER that produces micro-zones of vaporization and coagulation in the skin.


  • The combination of the ACROMA-QS® and SCULPTOR CO2® technologies allows the pigments that are fragmented by the ACROMA-QS® to be expelled through the channels created by the SCULPTOR CO2®, thereby reducing the number of sessions and preventing scars.
Parameters used:

1st through 3rd treatment sessions:

  • ETHEREA-MX® ACROMA-QS® 1064 nm spot 7 mm 600-1200 mJ 5.0 Hz.
  • SCULPTOR CO2® spot 300 mm, Random mode, Interval 0.3 s, Energy 100 mJ, Density 100 mtz/cm² and spot 800 mm, Brush mode, Energy 40 mJ, Frequency 200 mtz/cm².


4th through 5th treatment sessions:

  • ETHEREA-MX® ACROMA-QS® 1064 nm spot 5 and 3 mm 1200-1500 mJ.
  • SCULPTOR CO2® spot 800 mm, Brush mode, Energy 40 mJ, Frequency 200 mtz/cm².


6th through 7th treatment sessions:

  • SCULPTOR CO2® spot 800 mm, Brush mode, Energy 40 mJ, Frequency 150 mtz/cm².
Check out the result:

Img. 1: pre-treatment evaluation.


Img. 2: after seven sessions.


Img. 3: follow-up two years after completion of treatment.

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