According to data gathered by beauty retailer, Escentual, four out of ten people with tattoos regret having them done – and just under a quarter of people with tattoos want them removed.

If this sounds like you or you would just like to fade your tattoo to get it covered with a new design then you will be pleased to hear that the Devon Laser Clinic have announced the arrival of a new high powered laser.

We already have 2 different class 4 lasers, the Cynosure Alexandrite and the Polaris Nd:YAG for hair and thread veins.  Now we have added a Polaris Q-switched Ruby laser and a Polaris Q-Switched Nd:YAG laser which will help us not only remove tattoos, but also treat people with pigmentation lesions and sun spots.

What Methods Of Tattoo Removal Are Available?

Older methods of tattoo removal are now outdated and have been replaced by better technology. These methods included dermabrasion, chemical peels, destruction of tattoo ink by various forms of injectable substances and surgical excision.

Why Are Older Tattoo Removal Methods Not Recommended?

Older methods used to remove the part of skin with the tattoo! The results were less than desirable due to scarring. Whilst surgical excision may have a role in some smaller tattoos, older methods of tattoo removal cause unacceptable scarring and poor cosmetic outcome.

Why Are Q-Switched Tattoo Removal Lasers So Good?

Q-Switched lasers produce very high powered and short nanosecond [one billionth of a second] pulses of light that shatter and disperse pigment particles without damaging the skin. Consequently ink particles are removed and surrounding skin is not damages. This dramatically reduces the risk of scarring.

Active Q-Switched class 4 lasers like the one we have at the Devon Laser Clinic are not to be confused with the desktop passive lasers used in some tattoo studios or by mobile practitioners. Whilst these machines might be able to fade some colours they are generally unlikely to provide the same results as we can with a medical grade laser.

Next Steps!

So if you’re interested in finally getting rid of that tattoo, call us at the Devon Laser Clinic on 01271 327700 and like our FaceBook page to keep up to date with our news and offers.

Next summer might seem like a long time away, but if it’s anywhere near as good as this summer, you will want to be looking and feeling your best.

Having to deal with unwanted dark hair be it on the face or body areas is a drag at the best of times, but when you just want to head to the beach and put on a bathing suit or simply a pair of shorts and a vest top, having to deal with an unruly bikini line, dark shadows on the underarms or stubbly legs is a problem that can be eradicated with laser treatment for hair reduction and now is the best time to start having treatment.

How about asking your loved one for laser treatment for Christmas this year? Gift vouchers at the Devon Laser Clinic are available on request and would also make a perfect present for that hard to buy for person.

Just ring on 01271 327700 to start your laser journey.

This is the new Devon Laser Clinic website that has been in the works for a few weeks now.

Fonts

We have a new logo – very similar to the the original, but with changed colours to suit the new site colours, and different fonts. In order to make the fonts easy to find in the future we chose them from the freely available Google fonts.

The diagram below shows the fonts. And here are the links if you want to get hold of the same ones.

• Cinzel Decorative
• Lato

Web Design

We used WordPress to build the site, and used the Genesis Framework as our theme set. The theme itself is based on Outreach which is a Genesis child theme but it has been modified to look very different from the original.

Liz Jamieson
Marketing Shelf