Vasold, Rudolf and Naarmann, Natascha and Ulrich, Heidi and Fischer, Daniela and Koenig, Burkhard and Landthaler, Michael and Baeumler, Wolfgang (2004) Tattoo pigments are cleaved by laser light - The chemical analysis in vitro provide evidence for hazardous compounds. PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY, 80 (2). pp. 185-190. ISSN 0031-8655, 1751-1097
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In the western world, more than 80 million people decorate their skin with tattoos. Tattoo colorants are injected into the skin, like medical drugs. Most tattoo colorants are industrial pigments, and chemical industries have never produced them for human use but only to stain consumer goods. Up to 10% of tattooed people request removal of their tattoos because of an improved self-image or social stigmatization. In contrast to tattooing, physicians usually perform the tattoo removal. For that purpose laser light at very high intensities irradiates the skin to destroy the tattoo pigments. Based on a recent analysis of tattoo pigments, two widely used azo compounds were irradiated in suspension with laser and subsequently analyzed by using quantitative high-performance liquid chromatography and mass spectrometry. The high laser intensities cleaved the azo compounds, leading to an increase of decomposition products such as 2-methyl-5-nitroaniline, 2-5-dichloraniline and 4-nitro-toluene, which are toxic or even carcinogenic compounds. Moreover, the results of the chemical analysis show that the tattoo colorants already contain such compounds before laser irradiation. Because of a high number of patients undergoing laser treatment of tattoos and based on the results of our findings in vitro, it is an important goal to perform a risk assessment in humans regarding laser-induced decomposition products.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Q-SWITCHED RUBY; ND-YAG LASER; MALIGNANT-MELANOMA; DOSE-RESPONSE; REMOVAL; PSEUDOLYMPHOMA; |
| Subjects: | 500 Science > 540 Chemistry & allied sciences 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Dermatologie und Venerologie Chemistry and Pharmacy > Institut für Organische Chemie > Lehrstuhl Prof. Dr. Burkhard König |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jun 2021 08:59 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Jun 2021 08:59 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/37294 |
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