Comments on: Laser tattoo

By: DarkLasers

DarkLasers — Sat, 29 May 2010 14:17:27 +0000

^^^ HAHA!!! thats comedy, i’d take a nasty scar (or a hackaday logo) over an instructables logo (not that their bad, just cant really rock out that logo…)

sooo… Hackaday.. i’ll laser my back witha giant Hday logo for some royalties ^_^ jk, i;d do it for free! 9a t-shirt would be cool though) lol

By: Sigh

Sigh — Thu, 27 May 2010 03:19:46 +0000

That will increase your risk of skin cancer, but if I woke up with the instructables robot on my arm I’d want to die anyway.

By: Malikaii

Malikaii — Wed, 26 May 2010 07:33:22 +0000

I bet the first people to see an ink and needle tattoo expressed the same ridiculous reactions. Once something is repeated enough it becomes normal.

By: DarkLasers

DarkLasers — Tue, 25 May 2010 15:23:40 +0000

I should probably say i DO NOT recommend anyone do this unless they are willing to accept the risks, YES, a laser tat can be VERY crudely done with a steady hand and a focusable Blu-Ray laser (blu-ray 405nm light burns best) at least its the most affordable burning type diode, it would only take about a 6x diode (ordered from me, or torn from a 6x blu-ray drive) to achieve about 200-220mw’s with a flexdriver/RKCSTR driver to power the diode in a cheap Aixiz module with a focusing ring (must be focusable, the beam can be shaped down to a micro pinpoint with the right lens, even an acrylic lens will technicly work) though your “tat” will look like a Steve-O inspired tattoo lol. (anyone remember offroad tattoo from Jackass?) ^_^

Also, it is thought that the ultra-violet light emitted by blu-ray diodes CAN be harmful with repeated exposure to the skin, im not sure if you can get cancer or anything, but im preeeetty sure it isnt GOOD for your skin… looks cool though :) think i’ll give myself a hackaday brand when i get a free minuet, ATM im working on modifying a Cyanogen 5.0.7 Android 2.1 test build to run correctly on my mothers strange HTC Hero… it doesnt act like any other heroes i’ve hacked… sorry.. tangent.

Anyways be safe people!!! Dont even play with lasers without the correct wavelength-filtering protection shades/goggles, more so… dont try and tattoo yourself unless you know what your doing… i’ve seen some idiot friends try this with a “so called” steady hand X-Y set-up… horror storries, one even got infected, all blistery and crap, he was moving the laser too slow, so it burned quite deep. I warned him…lol
It still eludes me as to how he took the pain so well (only winced a little, i was there) lol

~Dark

By: zeropointmodule

zeropointmodule — Tue, 25 May 2010 14:59:29 +0000

Yeah, I accidentally scarred a finger before now (hint:- CCFL inverters can sometimes arc from the *ground* pin) which leaves a painful 1mm diameter burn that takes weeks to heal.

Last time I checked lasers can burn deep into the skin and do much more damage than you would expect from the visible injury.

use with caution!

(Hint:- most inks heat up with laser exposure so you might be advised not to use them)

By: DarkLasers

DarkLasers — Tue, 25 May 2010 11:49:23 +0000

To Jebadia – The FDA regulates the living HECK out of handheld lasers (My Expertise) it’s quite annoying, the trick is (if your shipping/selling/transporting a laser OVER 5mW “wich isnt much at all” ) you need to slightly diss-assemble it. most handheld lasers have a tail-cap, such as the LED flashlights we mod and make heatsinks for in order to make the smallest/most powerfull handheld lasers available to the public. this tailcap can be removed to EFFECTIVLY render it an INCOMPLETE unit, thus bypassing certain FDA regulations (wich are quite foolish, but i understand… we dont need the next osama to get ahold of severe laser tech…)but your very right, the FDA goes nuts over lasers now, ecspecially in the last year, makes it hard to ship my “complete” laser builds to non-US countries.

Hack-A-Day for LYF3!

By: DarkLasers

DarkLasers — Tue, 25 May 2010 11:41:00 +0000

I’m in the midst of perfecting this method using home-made lasers “Yes i build burning lasers all the way from 50mW green to 12x blu-ray burning lasers” may have a submission soon ^_^ Rock-on all you brave laser tatted hackers! im working on sleeving my arm up, and from what i have experienced with “testing” lasers on the back of my hand… the scars are STILL completely visible 11 months after the burn “with my first 8x blu-ray build” check out LaserPointerForums for a bit more info on lasers if your interested. need info quick? or a laser build (Handheld of course!) e-mail me at darkarmyofone@hotmail.com

HACK THE PLANET!!!

~Dark

By: Eve Reid

Eve Reid — Wed, 05 May 2010 18:25:31 +0000

I had my tatoo on my foot removed last year and it was a bit painful..;:

By: Noe Mcmillin

Noe Mcmillin — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:15:05 +0000

It’s news because you help to make it into info. Msnbc.com has Six shortcuts to articles like this on their main webpage, including this one

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:43:36 +0000

They already use lasers on the skin, just think face lifts and cosmetic surgery, wrinkly removal… Been doing this for years. I believe they also use it in tatoo removal.

By: corinappl

corinappl — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:06:14 +0000

Nice post. What’s the source of this?

By: usblegend

usblegend — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:23:22 +0000

I bet one day tattos will be created with laser and they will burn the color on :) i think there would less risks assosiated with needles if lasers where used instead. I would not burn a tattoo on myself but if i had that type of laser and i cut myself on something i would use the laser too seal the cut.

By: wtj?

wtj? — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:39:22 +0000

Someone needs to get that underage kid into a mental hospital. There are actual laser tattoo machines. Why did this child do this? Where are his parents/guardian(s)/childsitter(s)? That is frickin ridiculous.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:42:36 +0000

Thats nuts. I was also reading the other day about tattoos that monitor gluclose blood. Tattoos are getting pretty crazy.

By: me

me — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 16:12:27 +0000

last night i dreamt that i got a laser tattoo that would fade after a while, only i got it 3 or 4 times in the same spot and then developed cancer.

the reason for the cancer was because of the laser combined with burning of skin. and somehow it was connected to nintendo wii.

ooo, it’s a prophecy!