Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 25, Issue 4 , Pages 393-397, July 2007

Tattoos: surgical removal

Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Academic Teaching Hospital Dresden-Friedrichstadt, 01067 Dresden, Germany

Abstract 

Surgical treatment of tattoos remains a useful tool for complete removal despite the availability of laser and other nonsurgical techniques. The procedures are in accordance with standard dermatosurgery used in aesthetic and oncologic therapies. Healing by primary intention or healing by secondary intention has its own indications. Skin defects can be closed by flaps, grafts, tissue extension, or tissue expansion.

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PII: S0738-081X(07)00108-3

doi:10.1016/j.clindermatol.2007.05.016

Clinics in Dermatology
Volume 25, Issue 4 , Pages 393-397, July 2007

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