Determination of the condition and changes in skin containing artificial pigment using optical coherence tomography

Tattooing and permanent makeup are very popular [1]. Nowadays there is practically no information about the effect of artificial pigment on the surrounding tissues. The issue of removing artificial pigment, the selection of individual parameters of laser radiation, depending on the level of occurrence of the pigment and individual characteristics of the skin, and control of the effectiveness of the procedure is also no less urgent. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a promising method for non-invasive examination of the skin, which allows one to assess its structure and morphological changes occurring in it in real time [2,3]. The purpose of this work is to assess the condition of the skin containing artificial pigment before and after laser tattoo removal using the method of optical coherence tomography (OCT).