Hello from the UK

Participant

@cornishtiger

Hi and welcome.
Who did you buy the first laser from?

January 8, 2011 at 9:40 pm #96801

Participant

@eclipselasers

Hi Cornishtiger

My first machine was from a UK supplier, who stitched me up (and many others) big time. I was a lucky one and got a machine but lots of others did not receive a thing . . . .

January 9, 2011 at 2:34 am #96809

Moderator

@arnividar

So, can anyone just buy a laser remover and start removing ink from their living-room?

January 9, 2011 at 9:18 am #96814

Participant

@eclipselasers

In theory yes, no recognised qualifications, scary thought eh ?? . . . .

January 9, 2011 at 9:24 am #96815

Participant

@eclipselasers

I was going to say ” but who would let someone like that (who just brought a machine and started using it without knowledge or training) use a laser on them, but then i think of some of the tattoos i have seen which were done by ‘friends’ who brought a machine on eBay and realised that, yes there are plenty of people who would”

January 13, 2011 at 11:28 pm #97010

Moderator

@arnividar

Pretty interesting, and scary… yes.

But I suppose it’s relatively ‘good’ that the scratchers are actually getting lasers to be able to fix their own lousy mistakes.

Can these lasers cause serious damage if handled incorrectly?

January 13, 2011 at 11:32 pm #97011

Participant

@cornishtiger

A quick flick over you tube will find you bundkes of bodge job laser work.
Blindness is a major potential problem!

January 13, 2011 at 11:49 pm #97013

Moderator

@arnividar

Cornishtiger;79102 wrote:

Blindness is a major potential problem!

Ouch! Well, I guess anybody that manages to point that thing in their eyes deserves what they get :S

So can you guys (the ones that actually know what you’re doing) actually ‘fix’ botched laser jobs?

January 14, 2011 at 12:12 am #97015

Participant

@eclipselasers

Botched tattoos, yes, but botched laser jobs, that will depend if the skin is permently damaged or not

January 14, 2011 at 12:39 am #97016

Moderator

@arnividar

Plegh… permanently damaged skin.. sounds painful :S

January 14, 2011 at 7:38 am #97040

Participant

@cornishtiger

ArniVidar;79104 wrote:

Ouch! Well, I guess anybody that manages to point that thing in their eyes deserves what they get :S

So can you guys (the ones that actually know what you’re doing) actually ‘fix’ botched laser jobs?

Its nt only pointing it at your eyes thats a problem.
Mirrors, watches and even wedding rings are a few obvious things that can cause a laser beem to reflect into an eye.
I was told that the yag saphire laser wouldnt do anything for scar tissue, however I have a client with some major horrid scars from a bodged mastectamy and she wanted removal across the scar tissue. After 2 treatments the scars are really obviously half the thickness they were. The manufacturer says its not meant to work but the evidence in this case seems to suggest differently.

January 14, 2011 at 7:08 pm #97060

Moderator

@arnividar

Wow. It can fix scars? That’s pretty cool.

I thought the whole process was breaking up the ink, not removing the scar tissue beneath it.

January 14, 2011 at 7:41 pm #97062

Participant

@cornishtiger

The breaking up of the ink is a given. The reduction in scaring is an unexpected side effect.
There are clinics that offer laser scar reduction with a slightly different machine.

January 15, 2011 at 12:23 am #97078