[The mini-punch technic: a method for late removal of traumatic facial tattooing].

Immediate treatment of traumatic facial tattooing using simple brush abrasion usually has good results. In contrast, late removal of incorporated particles mostly leaves scars and is only partially effective. In such cases we tested an excisional technique using minipunches, which was originally designed for the reconstruction of frontal hairlines in grafting to correct male pattern baldness. Although it is so time-consuming, we regard this approach as the method of choice, because it yields good cosmetic results and is easy to carry out, and because there are no adequate alternatives.