Cosmetic Tattooing Industry Metamorphosis

In this particular article we explain the main concerns and complications of the use of inorganic pigments in the cosmetic tattooing industry. 

We are currently facing a dramatic change in the industry of cosmetic tattooing, these changes are mainly because of the undesired effects and consistency of inorganic pigments to be more specific  the red color for many years made of IRON-DIOXIDE popularly known  as red-clay.

That has shown difficulty to be removed and on many occasions leading to darken its shade instead.

When treated with laser (any) considering that laser works breaking down the particles using heat waves the red ink in particular overheats more and due to its molecular size simply burns, when that happen the color goes immediately from red to dark gray, the protocol to insist on the removal consists in redoing the laser several times, however there is another problem that can occur in some cases, due the heat/burn at the reticular dermis layer a overproduction of collagen can complicate the outcome and that it what we call fibrosis, it means that around the remaining burnt ink this ”micro-scar” depending on how much collagen is produced will be impossible to persist on the laser treatments and the color might remain permanently. Since these cases started to occur more frequently despite the use of different wavelengths the whole industry has agreed that organic pigments are much safer for cosmetic purposes as they can easily be removed with laser. 

Summary

In summary we can observe the industry globally changing composition and formulation accepting that organic inks despite offering more risks of allergy can easily be removed.