Healthy Skin Association

As a tattoo removal agent Trichloroacetic Acid, commonly abbreviated as TCA (TCA tattoo removal) , has been successfully tested in two medical studies and mentioned in a third study which we could not confirm.

The first known medical study performed to test the efficacy of TCA as a tattoo removal agent was the six year study from1979 through 1984 by two British Plastic Surgeons, Dr T. A. Piggot and R.W. Norris of the Department of Plastic Surgery, Newcastle General Hospital, Newcastle, England.

The Piggot/Norris medical study was inspired by the 1972 published report of a 4 year study by Surgeon Captain R.W.B. Scutt, Dermatologist, F.R.C.P (Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians) concerning the incident of tattoo regret among the tattooed population of sailors in the Royal Navy between 1963 and 1966. The percentage of tattoo regret among the study group was as high as 70% by the time they were married. At the time, it was discovered that about 500 sailors were acquiring hand tattoos and about 4,000 sailors were acquiring forearm tattoos annually. This eventually led to the discouragement of tattoos on young recruits entering Naval training beginning in the late 1960′s and eventually the British Parliament passing a Bill against the tattooing of minors in 1969. Continued at TCA Tattoo Removal…

We’re  alerting everyone  to an upcoming report on TCA as a tattoo removal product. There is no perfect tattoo removal product on the market. Laser  gets better press than it sometimes deserves. It can burn, leave scars and fail to remove some of the lighter pigment colors at an extremely high price. IPL is a form of light used to remove tattoos, but it also has its drawbacks.

Our upcoming report on TCA tattoo removal will be very revealing and of major interest to those currently considering the removal of a tattoo.

Stay  tuned, you won’t be disappointed.