According to the April 2006 edition of the Medical Laser Report, the sales of the top twenty medical laser manufacturers has seen nearly a doubling since 2002, approaching $2 billion dollars in sales for these major manufacturers. 

More importantly, 2006 is projected to be the largest increase yet, with at a whopping 21% growth rate. The biggest surge in medical laser sales is coming from the aesthetic laser sector with some individual companies seeing as much as a 30% projected increase in sales over 2005.

Also in the April edition of Medical Laser Report was an article about a new generation of tattoo pigments developed by Massachusetts General Hospital and Brown University.  The new microencapsulated resorbable pigments were specifically designed with laser tattoo removal in mind.