European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 18, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 scene stars and stripes sunday March 182007 r d e d co to o c o o c co no regrets new Ink Means tattoos could come and go you once adored Janie but Laura is your Honey now that dragon circling your Arm wowed your College buddies but the executives in the office Arent nearly As impressed just As the number of americans sporting tattoos has soared in the past decade so has membership in another group people who want their Bodywork re moved Only then do they come to know the truth that laser Tattoo removal is painful expensive and May not do the Job completely soon there May be a solution to the phenomenon of Tattoo regret removable Tattoo Ink a company founded by doctors says it will begin Selling such Ink this year the Ink is applied just As with any Tattoo and will remain in place As Long As desired but if the owner later decides that the artwork has to go it can be removed fully and safely with a single laser treat ment the founders of the company making the removable Ink new Yor based freedom2 Lac say their goal is to help those who have come to regret permanently decorating their bodies but backers say the technology will not Only simplify Tattoo removal it will create an expanded Market for body Art since Consumers can be assured that the Tattoo will come off easily and without exorbitant Cost i think it will open a floodgate for people who want tattoos says or Bruce Saal a los gatos Calif dermatologist who specializes in laser Tattoo removal and has invested in the company people will say i want to do something a Little wild now that i know its not a lifelong commitment ill do it but others wonder if Tattoo artists and their customers will spurn the new Ink if it Doest meet their artistic needs almost of us adults have at least one Tattoo according to a study of 500 americans published september in the journal of the american Academy of dermatology of those 17 percent were considering removal the Survey bund Many doctors who perform laser Tattoo removal however say that As Many As half of All people with tattoos eventually want them off a very High majority of people would desire to have them removed if there was a simple and easy Way Saal said most conventional tattoos can be removed but even a simple Small one color Tattoo can require several laser treatments at a Cost of around removals of Large multicoloured tattoos can require More than a dozen laser treatments and Cost or More and no laser Tattoo removal is not covered by medical insurance multiple treatments Are needed to avoid skin dam age from the laser during conventional Tattoo removal Brief pulses of Energy Are aimed at the Tattoo heating skin cells and breaking up the Ink particles then the body natural ability to remove foreign particles clears away the Ink fragments the top layer of skin however often bleeds slightly and forms scabs because of the inflammation produced by the laser Only a Small area of skin can be treated at one time some people who have gotten tattoos in recent years May have assumed that laser Tattoo removal would deftly Deal with any regrets says or Tina Al Ster director of the Washington Institute of dermatology in laser surgery in Washington do and who is not associated with freedom2 freedom2s Ink is removable because it is encapsulated in tiny beads made of  a synthetic material commonly used in surgical glue and in Many types of artificial joints the fact that the Ink is encased in the tiny spheres Doest affect the application of the Tattoo or its appearance says Martin Schmieg chief executive of freedom2 our inks look and feel and give a result equal to the current tattoos he says because of the Way the beads Are constructed they fall apart when laser Energy is applied Schmieg said unpublished tests on humans and animals show that Only one laser treatment is typically needed to fully los Angeles times in the future the inked May be Able to avoid using a laser like this one to remove tattoos remove a freedom2 Tattoo and that most switched lasers that doctors use for Tattoo removal can be used for the Job a onetime laser treatment to remove a Tattoo should Cost less than Schmieg predicts the new Ink will be slightly More expensive than conventional Ink but will Likely add Only about to the Cost of most tattoos Schmieg says because most of the Cost related to tattooing is for the artists time and Talent the company will sell Only Black Ink initially but will eventually add other colors it is also developing a Tim limited Tattoo which will consist of Ink in biodegradable polymer beads that dissolve and fade Over time but Tattoo artists May prove lukewarm to the idea of removable artwork according to or Stuart h Kaplan a dermatologist in Beverly Hills Calif who does laser Tattoo removal and int associated with freedom2 Tattoo artists Are Picky about the colors of their inks they care about whether 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