Radiation Markers Transformation

Goodbye Blue Radiation Tattoo Dots

Survivors already know that breast cancer brings many challenges and the possibility of going through radiation therapy is one of them. If a survivor must go through radiation she/he will be left with permanent tattooed radiation markers/dots, which are either blue or black. They are an important marker for accurate radiation treatments.  However, survivors often dislike the lingering tattooed dots because they are a reminder of their cancer. Also, because the radiation dots are often located on the chest, many are bothered by the dots showing when wearing a scoop or v neck shirts. The dots look too bluish or too black to be considered healthy freckles.

The good news is that radiation markers can be removed by several laser treatments or the method I do; tattooing the dots with a neutralizing orange color. This makes the blue dots a brown color, which then appears as a freckle instead of a blue dot.