Hey so I did a series of dumb things. Maybe don’t replicate this, but at least it’s some data.
First I got a tattoo over my NExT
Then I got a tattoo removal laser (Nd:YAG which is the same type used for sealing the glass) and blasted the shit out of it.
Then I got the implant removed to see if either process had damaged the surface (which would allow for biofouling). Unfortunately I have yet to replace my microscope which broke, but visual inspection it looks in pretty good shape.
Now that’s dedication to science, haha.
Very fucking cool. Love the vid!
There are plenty of people here with Trypanophobia (~fear of needles)
I wonder how many people have Trypophobia
Are you going to try the YAG directly on the NExT?
I tried it on the Schott VivoTag glass that I have around and it fuckin toasted it. No hope of glass sealing with a q-switched pulse laser. Need a continuous wave laser like the CO2 one merlin is using.
Dude you’ve got that dialed waaaay too high… like waaay too high. The bit of skin where it hit you outside the tattoo and still blasted a hole in your skin… yeah that’s not supposed to happen at all. It’s supposed to only be just enough power to blanch the dark tattoo ink, and after a few passes it should be treated… this was like blasting new shale off a pit mine wall hahah
Oh yeah I know I did it on purpose to try and damage the implant. After this video was shot I turned it down from 2000mJ to 500mJ and did a sustained barrage for like 2 minutes. It’s all for fun 
sometimes you have to make tiny fireballs with a comparable temperature to the surface of the sun on your skin for science mate.
Hahah well blast away! 
We have different definitions of the word “fun”…
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Still trying to remove this tattoo with the laser. It’s not very effective. I’m not sure if it’s because I’m doing it wrong (I’m definitely improving) or if there’s just so much black ink, or if the pocket from where the implant was below is interfering. Like a week ago I realized I was aiming too deep and it swelled up and filled with fluid.
And then the top sections of skin came off. It left the deeper tissue exposed with all the tattoo ink clearly visible.
I then set out to map the beam path a bit in a glass of water.
Now that I know the correct focal length, I let it heal up a bit and I’m gonna start blasting again.
Be careful and use less power if possible, that looks burnt. Also, the scar tissue from the burns could be slowing the process a bit.
Lol that’s the first thing everybody says. I’m at 20mJ compared to the max of 2000mJ, I can’t go any lower
You mean the first or second picture? The second is just bare ink, I haven’t lasered it yet. The first picture is red from swelling and blood pooling under the tattoo, not from a burn.
At this point you should get an exorcism
Are you sure about that? It could be skin that has become charcoal, or it could be solidified blood. In any case, it’s dark so the laser will be absorbed by it. If it’s not ink and is in fact dried dead blood or a combination of carbonized tissue and blood, you might just be lasering a scab.
Fun experiments!
