Painless Tattoo Removal Cream

Feb-27-15 A new cream removes tattoos painlessly by calling upon the body's own immune system to ferry away the tattoo ink.

The topical cream, called Bisphosphonate Liposomal Tattoo Removal (BLTR), was created by 27-year-old Alec Falkenham of Dalhousie University in Halifax. When tattoo ink is injected into the skin, cells called macrophages 'eat' the ink as part of an immune system response. Some of those cells carry the ink to the lymph nodes while others stay in place at the site, creating the visible tattoo.

The new cream works by using a liposome created by Falkenham to target the ink-filled macrophages that have stayed at the site of the tattoo. According to Falkenham, “When new macrophages come to remove the liposome from cells that once contained pigment, they also take the pigment with them to the lymph nodes, resulting in a fading tattoo.”

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