Tattoos have always been designed to be permanent by embedding ink into the dermis, the deepest layer of your skin.  Due to the deep insertion of ink your body’s natural immune system is unable to eliminate the ink particles which allow the tattoo to remain permanent on the skin.  In the past there was not an effective or easy way to remove tattoos.  

 

Today however, medical lasers are designed to eliminate tattoos ranging from a single wave-length of light to a broad spectrum of light, the varieties of which are intended to obliterate the ink in the tattoo without damaging the skin. Certain colors of light are absorbedly specific corresponding colors of the tattoo ink. Light energy vaporizes or fragments the ink particle. Your body then absorbs these ink fragments naturally and the color fades over the next couple of weeks.  Lucky Gal in Ankeny specializes in the safe and effective removal of tattoos by utilizing the Q-switched laser.  Q-switched lasers are the only laser able to produce sufficient fluency (energy or power) to remove dark and bright tattoos without unattractive side effects like scarring.