Myths and Dangers of Home Tattoo Removal with Manganese
Correct answer: Safely – NO WAY!
Disclaimer: Do not try to remove a tattoo or PMU at home – it is hazardous to your health!
Popular DIY Recipes for Tattoo Removal and Their Real Consequences
In this series of posts, I want to break down popular DIY Recipes for tattoo removal using improvised means! These recipes are on the Internet a lot, and they are presented with such ease and simplicity that a vast number of people fall into the trap and injure themselves using such recommendations!
Using Potassium Permanganate for Tattoo Removal: Why It’s Dangerous
One of the frequent recipes for “tattoo removal at home” is the use of potassium permanganate or simply manganese. Usually, such recipes recommend dry powder to be applied to the skin with a tattoo, slightly moistened with water, and left for some time (sometimes even advised to cover with a film on top). Be warned! Refrain from taking this as a guide to action – it is hazardous!!! I give this description of the method as an example of what is written on the Internet!
Now, let’s break it down. How can it help with tattoo removal?
Spoiler – no way, you can do this!
What happens when potassium permanganate (KMnO4) is applied to the skin in the context of tattoo removal? When used on the skin, KMnO4 reacts with water and organic matter, leading to the release of oxygen and the formation of manganoic acid, which can cause the skin to burn. This can be painful and leave behind scarring and pigmentation. This is often not mentioned in recipes for “home tattoo removal methods.”
Quite simply, potassium permanganate has nothing to do with tattoo removal at all – it merely causes a severe chemical burn to the skin and its destruction. Together with the destroyed skin, part of the tattoo can indeed be removed with dead tissue. However, the risks of this method are simply prohibitive. The least that you can get using such a “home tattoo removal method” is a scar of skin mixed with tattoo residue, and this is only after prolonged inflammation and healing after a severe chemical burn.
What Do You Get After This Kind of “Home Tattoo Removal”?
And now look at the photos of the results of such a “home tattoo removal” and think you need such a result? The tattoo is not removed, and scars are received for the rest of his life.
So let me warn you again!
Do not trust the advice of random people on the Internet who publish beautiful “simple recipes for removing tattoos at home with improvised means” – you can get severe injuries and consequences in the form of scars for life!!!!
Laser Blog 