Patent ID: 7905854

Claim:
An apparatus for removing pigments from a pigmented section of skin, comprising: a) a skin-puncturing device having vibrating means; b) an array of one or more needles connected to said skin-puncturing device, each needle of the array having a length of up to 30 mm and adapted for puncturing the skin at said pigmented section, the skin-puncturing device adapted for vibration of said needles such that the needles repeatedly puncture the skin at said pigmented section to create a punctured section of skin, the skin-puncturing device further adapted to enable adjustment of a penetrating depth of said needles into said pigmented section such that said needles penetrate a dermis layer of said skin but do not penetrate a hypodermis layer; and c) a mediating member connected to said skin-puncturing device and to a section means, the mediating member adapted to create an essentially isolated area above the punctured section of skin, thereby allowing said suction means to collect a mixture of pigments with cellular fluids at said punctured section of skin and to clean a surface of said punctured section of skin as said skin is repeatedly punctured by said needles.