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A member asked:
How does the body metabolize and eliminate particles that are injected into the skin (ie tattoo ink during laser removal) ?
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Macrophages: When a laser is use to reduce the appearance of tattoo's they break up the pigment into smaller particles. You body then has macrophages - think of them as biologic "packmen" that gobble up the particles.
Answered 5/2/2015
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