title: Tattoo removal using precise shave excision and dermal overgrafting.
abstract: A method of tattoo removal using a precise partial thickness tangential excision of foreign body and dermis followed by dermal overgrafting with thin, split-thickness skin grafts is presented.
authors.affiliation: Division of Plastic Surgery, University of California, San Diego.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Vecchione
mesh_terms: D062109:Dermatologic Surgical Procedures; D006801:Humans; D016038:Skin Transplantation; D013653:Tattooing