Template and method for removing a tattoo through patterned trans-epidermal pigment release

A method for removing a skin marking using dermal disruption, the method comprising:

• scanning an area of skin of a patient to be treated, wherein the area of skin has not previously undergone dermal disruption to remove the skin marking;
• determining a first treatment area of skin of a patient using a primary template, the primary template providing indicia upon the patient's skin defining primary tegulae, wherein a diameter of the primary tegulae is calculated based at least in part on information regarding pigmentation determined by the scan;
• disrupting the tissue in the primary tegulae to form a first eschar in a first treatment session;
• determining a second treatment area of skin for treatment subsequent to treatment of the first treatment area using a secondary template, the secondary template marking secondary tegulae interposed between primary tegulae;
• and
• disrupting the tissue in the secondary tegulae to form a second eschar in a second treatment session.