Focal salabrasion for removal of linear tattoos.

J Dermatol Surg Oncol

Published: March 1984

The use of a power-driven, cotton-tipped, wooden applicator permits precision salabrasion of small or linear tattoos. Such focal salabrasion is facilitated by prior removal of the overlying epidermis by means of a rotating dental burr.

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