Case 1 A 19-year-old woman presented with a black crust on one part of the tattoo on her right leg ( Fig. 1) which appeared after laser-assisted hair removal by an alexandrite laser (755 nm).Case 2 A 28-year-old man underwent laser-assisted hair removal from his back and shoulders by an alexandrite laser (755 nm), after which he developed a burn on part of the tattoo on his right shoulder and was left with an atrophic scar (Fig. 2).
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