Sunday, June 19, 2011

Specifically requesting surgical tattoo removal: are deep personal motivations involved?

Abstract

Background  Motivations for tattoo removal include employment reasons, stigmata, changes in lifestyles or partners, incompatibility with present attitudes and values and clothing problems. Most studies on the motivations for tattoo removal have focused on patients seeking laser therapy. We hypothesized that patients seeking surgical tattoo removal would present with different motivations.


Objective  We analysed the characteristics and motivations of patients specifically requesting surgical tattoo removal.


Methods  We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 16 patients in Helsinki, Finland, from 2005 to 2011. Demographic, clinical data, number of tattoos, location and size, time ...

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