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Tattoos are in great demand, but the desire to get rid of them is also great. The Q-switched lasers in current use have pulse durations in the 10–100 nanosecond range; for tattoo removal, many treatments are required for successful fading. The authors of this case series report their experience with a new 750–900-picosecond pulse duration, 755-nm alexandrite laser. The new laser was used to treat 12 multicolored tattoos, 10 previously untreated and 2 recalcitrant after at least 10 prior Q-switched laser treatments. Eleven patients underwent one treatment, and one patient underwent two treatments, under topical or local anesthesia with energy fluences of 2.0–2.8 J/cm2.
At the 1 month follow-up, 11 tattoos had greater than 75% clearance of blu…