TattooStar the platform for Q -switch applications 694 nm Rubylaser (R)
Q-switch indications
 - pigmented lesions , lentigines,cafeaulait blotches, freckles, PIH, epidermal naevi, congenital naevi, dermal naevi, ephelides
 - permanentmake-up removal
 - tattoo removal
 - removal of dirt tattoos

Micro-lens-array
 - state-of -the-art technologydeveloped by Asclepion
 - most homogeneous spot-profilesatany spot-sizeandfluence
 - leaving conventional gaussian profiles behind–providing excellent,even treatment results now

Handpiece features
 - quick spot-size adaptation bydistance holderchange
 - automaticspot-size detection
 - hexagon-shaped laser spot foroptimaltarget coverage

Effects on tissue
 - applying laser impulsestocromophere targets which matches absorption maxima (694 nm -melanin,tattoo colours, permanentmake-upagents)
 - laser impulses are much shorter thanthermalrelaxationtime (TRT) ofmelanin structuresandincapsulated tattoo–ink (40ns)
 - generationofshockwaves by absorbtionof high-energetic laser light (MW) intargets thus mechanical destruction (fragmentation)
- metabolization (phagozytation) ofdebris–removal ofthe lesion

Selective and gentle treatment
selective wavelength/nanosecond impulses/highenergy  leadto aselectiveremoval of pigment-andtattoo substances
 - minimized effectsatsurrounded tissue
 - no thermaleffects
 - nobleeding
 - noscaring
 - minimized riskofpigment changes
 - non -invasive treatment
 - no down time
 - quickestre-epitalization
- minimalpain (noanaesthesie required)

Tattoo procedure
 - injection of a mixed colored substance by needle in the fatty tissue
 - injection after favoured pattern
 - the color will  be encapsulated by the tissue
 - by capsulating
 - the tattoo  will become   permanent
 - rest particles  will be removed by the lymph  system
 - a tattoo is detectable  in the lymph   fluid  lifelong
 - big tattoos causes swellings in the lymphe nodes  (toxic reaction: aluminium, car  paint !)

Tattoo colours composition of professional Tattoo inks 
(University Regensburg, Dr. Bäumler, Prof. Landthaler, BASF Research)
 - only 16 main substances
 - 41 colorants
 - containsoforganic pigments
 - main componentAluminium
 - basic substance:car paint
 - 85% dark colours
 - substances are toxicandcan be detected lifelong

Mechanism of tattoo removal
 - the specific wavelengthofthe ruby-laserwillbe absorbed by the tattoo-substances
 - the skin above dermal tattoo clusters immediately turns white-grey
 - the encapsulated colorwilldisrupt immediately
 - the splitted particles metabolizedinthe epidermisand inthe lymphesystem
 - the treatment isquick, little harmfull, bloodlessandvery effective

​by Asclepion