The pigments utilized : (Iron oxide,
Titan dioxide, glycérol,
Isopropylique alcohol) do not
have the same capability of colors fixation that other colors
then others metallic oxide utilized in the conventional tattooing.
Their average is from 3 to 5 years.
Only the pigment implanted in the derma will persist. The duration
depends in fact of the derma thickness, variable according to
the body’s area (very thick on the back, almost inexistent
on the eyelid).
Beside this, its disappearance is almost never complete but it
is happening by progressive clearing up. This one is more noticeable
as the starting color of the skin is clear.