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Benefits to Combining Laser Modalities

Bob Miles — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 05:15:37 +0000

Effectively treating vascular and pigmented lesions — from common facial telangiectasias to more challenging hemangiomas — relies on identifying the appropriate tools and then honing one’s technique to achieve the best results. However, more often than not, patients want to make the most of their sessions by undergoing concomitant facial resurfacing to improve wrinkles and [...]

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Benefits to Combining Laser Modalities

What Lasers Offer for Pigmented and Spotted Skin

Bob Miles — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 20:41:24 +0000

Treatment of pigmentation is a complex subject. Determining the type of lesion will help to establish which laser or light device to use and what parameters to set. Hyperpigmentation is a broad descriptive term, offering us little information about etiology or pathophysiology of the lesion. Dividing this expansive category into primary versus secondary helps with treatment [...]

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What Lasers Offer for Pigmented and Spotted Skin

Pulsed Dye Laser and YAG 1064 Combo For Better Results

Bob Miles — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 16:25:13 +0000

Pulsed dye laser (PDL, 595 nm) is the current treatment of choice for port-wine stains (PWS), but 25–50% of treated lesions do not demonstrate a significant improvement. Combination of laser may improve treatment efficacy, especially those using the synergies between PDL and Nd:YAG 1064nm laser. There is a growing body of research and anecdotal evidence [...]

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Pulsed Dye Laser and YAG 1064 Combo For Better Results

What Do All Those Spots Have In Common

newsroom — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:24:56 +0000

What do brown spots, liver spots, sun spots, age spots, pigmented spots, sun burns, melasma, chloasma, hiperpigmentation and skin cancer have in common? The sun damage. Watch the Sun Damaged Skin Slideshow of alarming pictures of skin damage and take action to prevent skin problems and reduce your skin care costs. Related Posts:Liver Spots on [...]

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What Do All Those Spots Have In Common

Video of Laser Treatments of Pigmented Spots

newsroom — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:35:01 +0000

This is our most recent (constantly updated) collection of video materials demonstrating laser treatments of pigmented skin lesions, such as liver spots, brown spots, cafe au lait spots, sunspots (lentigines) and age spots. Related Posts:Video of Laser Skin Rejuvenation: PhotorejuvenationLaser Acne and Laser Resurfacing for Facial Acne ScarsLaser Hair Removal/Laser Hair Reduction VideoVideo of Laser [...]

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Video of Laser Treatments of Pigmented Spots

Laser Treatment and Laser Resurfacing Melasma

Bob Miles — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:52:30 +0000

Expanding on Fiona’s post about pigmented spots, melasma (aka chloasma) or the “mask of pregnancy” as it is also called, is a skin condition when tan or brown spots and small areas discolor the skin. It is most commonly found among woman, especially pregnant women or those taking hormone replacement therapy medications. Pictures of Melasma [...]

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Laser Treatment and Laser Resurfacing Melasma

Liver Spots on Skin: Causes and Laser Treatment of Age Spots

Fiona May — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:52:12 +0000

We have received a few questions about liver spots, liver spots cancer and its causes, as well as about laser treatment of liver and other pigmented spots. Liver spot, brown spot, sun spot are all synonyms for age spot. Liver spots have nothing to do with or caused by the liver. Pigmented lesions (spots) often [...]

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Liver Spots on Skin: Causes and Laser Treatment of Age Spots

Pigmentary Issues in Aesthetic Medicine

Bob Miles — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:42:38 +0000

Pigmentary problems are common and include post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, hipopigmentation, dyschromia and melasma. Yet the threat of a ban from the FDA in 2006 put a cloud over the agent widely considered in the U.S. to be the gold standard for treatment of these skin problems — hydroquinone. The proposed ban of its over-the-counter sales was [...]

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Pigmentary Issues in Aesthetic Medicine

Elite Combo from Cynosure – Bells and Whistles or a Techno Advance

newsroom — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:26:04 +0000

Cynosure has a new machine for the American Academy of Dermatology’s 67th Annual Meeting in San Francisco – Elite MPX for its Smartlipo MPX laser lipolysis workstation. Through the company’s patented MultiPlex(TM) technology, Elite MPX combines two wavelengths — 755nm Alexandrite and 1064 nmNd:YAG – along with Xenon Pulsed Light (XPL2) technology to create one of [...]

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Elite Combo from Cynosure – Bells and Whistles or a Techno Advance

Overview of cosmetic dermatological approach for photoaging

admin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 21:10:39 +0000

Photoaging could be induced by accumulated DNA damage on skin cells. Photoaged skin has such characteristics as a nodular leathery surface with fine and coarse wrinkles, blotches and yellowing, dryness, teleangiectasia, and skin cancer formation. For this condition, chemical peeling, iontophoresis, laser and phototherapy are used with some improvement, especially in wrinkles and pigmentary uniformity. The [...]

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Overview of cosmetic dermatological approach for photoaging

Laser Treatment to Reverse Sun-Damaged Skin

admin — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 14:09:28 +0000

A combination of topical solution (Levulan made by DUSA Pharmaceuticals Inc.) and pulsed dye laser treatment—that stimulates collagen production and can help rejuvenate skin that has been overexposed and sun-damaged. U.S. physicians use the photodynamic therapy to improve the appearance of skin with wrinkles, sun spots, and fine lines. A team of U.S. researchers from [...]

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Laser Treatment to Reverse Sun-Damaged Skin

Clinical applications of Q-switched NdYAG laser

admin — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:37:56 +0000

Goel A. Clinical applications of Q-switched NdYAG laser. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol [serial online] 2008 [cited 2009 Feb 17];74:682-6. Available from: http://www.ijdvl.com/text.asp?2008/74/6/682/45135 Skin hyperpigmentation is usually caused by excess production and/or clumping of the skin pigment ‘melanin’ with the appearance of darker brown or even black spots on skin. Pigmented lesions can be classified either based [...]

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Clinical applications of Q-switched NdYAG laser