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Tech Talk #34: Cosmetic Tattoo Removal with Saline vs THink Pigment Remover

Tech Talk #34: Cosmetic Tattoo Removal with Saline vs THink Pigment Remover

Unpacking the solution to PMU removal! Cosmetic tattoo removal is now a big part of the industry. Poor designs, poor technique, poor pigments, changed trends and expectations, and the natural effects of...
March 26, 2024 — THink Aesthetics

THink Tech Talk #9 – Cracking The Anaesthetics Code

THink MBC has been working with a compounding chemist to develop truly effect, and legal, numbing creams and gels. We’ve learned a lot, tested a lot, and we’re happy to share the results with you, our customers. We think we have the “Goldilocks Formulas” (not too much, not too little, but just right!)

October 04, 2017 — Robert McGowan

THink Tech Talk #8 – Anaesthetics: Did You Know?

Most cosmetic tattoo professionals are now well aware that the topical anaesthetics that are legal in Australia and work effectively need to be obtained from a compounding chemist. They contain between 5 and 10% anaesthetic (e.g. lidocaine (also called lignocaine), tetracaine, prilocaine or benzocaine). With less than 5% your client is likely to suffer.

September 06, 2017 — Robert McGowan

THink Tech Talk #7 – Titanium Dioxide In Lip Pigments

There is a catch with titanium dioxide in pigment; it may turn blue-black when treated with some laser removal techniques. This is due to a chemical process called reduction converting the titanium to a different chemical form (Ti4+  to Ti3+, if you really want to know). The darkening may be temporary or longer lasting, before the tattoo fades. 
August 11, 2017 — Robert McGowan
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