The PicoSure® laser delivers highly focused packets of light energy to break apart your tattoo’s pigment under the skin. The PicoSure® laser is designed to deliver this energy to the pigment and passed right through the skin. The PicoSure laser tattoo system light energy is measured in picoseconds which is a trillionth of a second. The laser light energy is so fast and powerful that the light energy causes a photo-mechanical effect which breaks up ink by energy transmission through the skin as well as the light energy to shatter ink particles much better than slower Q switched technology. There have been no reported scars from tattoo treatments with PicoSure® , although any skin treatment has some small risk of scarring, especially if you tend to develop keloids or make abnormal scars.