Transient immunoreactivity after laser tattoo removal: Report of two cases

✍ Scribed by Leonid Izikson; Mathew Avram; R. Rox Anderson

• Book ID: 102469937
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 35 KB
• Volume: 40
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0196-8092
• DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20618

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Background and Objective

Laser tattoo removal is one of most commonly used indications for medical lasers. Professional tattoos contain a multitude of potentially immunogenic chemicals that are released or modified by laser treatment. We studied potential immunologic reactions following laser tattoo removal.

Study design/Patients and Methods

Case report of two patients with immunologic reactions after laser tattoo removal.

Results

Two patients developed transient immunoreactivity that presented as regional lymphadenopathy after laser tattoo removal of professional black and blue‐green tattoos. These reactions resolved without any complications.

Conclusions

Tattoo pigments released or modified by laser therapy may trigger transient immunoreactivity in susceptible individuals. Lesers Surg. Med. 40:231–232, 2008. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.