Abstract
Table salt applied by salabrasion, tattooing or dermabrasion was used in the treatment of unwanted tattoos in 25 cases. With removal of the eschar at the treated site, the unwanted pigmentation was reduced by half, and there was further dimming to virtual disappearance during further healing.
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