Cosmetic tattooing as a treatment of port-wine stains.
BACKGROUND
Medical treatment for port-wine stains frequently is cosmetically unsatisfactory. An alternative possibility is cosmetic medical tattooing.


METHODS
By means of a traditional Japanese tattooing technique, five patients were treated in multiple sessions until the color of the lesion matched that of the surrounding skin.


RESULTS
The results were excellent, the skin texture remained normal, and the patients could discontinue cosmetic camouflage.


CONCLUSIONS
Cosmetic medical tattooing when carefully done is a valuable addition to the medical armamentarium and may replace more aggressive techniques.
van der Velden
E M
EM
Department of Dermatovenereology, University Hospital Rotterdam, Dijkzigt, The Netherlands.
de Jong
B D
BD
van der Walle
H B
HB
Stolz
E
E
Naafs
B
B
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005153:Facial Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D013653:Tattooing / Q000379:methods*