TYPES OF LASERS USED

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Lasers enable treatment of many skin conditions at a level of precision previously unattainable. These lasers use very brief pulses of specific wavelengths of light to target the condition to be treated. This minimizes the risk of adverse side effects such as scarring.

Lasers/ light source devices we use include:

THE ALEXANDRITE LASER (ULTRA-LONG PULSE) IS USED TO REMOVE:

• unwanted hair
• leg veins
• some pigmented lesions

THE 532 NM DIOLITE LASER IS USED TO TREAT:

• telangiectasias ("broken" capillaries)
• blood vessel growths (pyogenic granuloma, hemangioma, etc.)
• pigmented lesions

THE DIOMED 810 NM LASER IS USED TO PERFORM:

• Endovenous Laser Treatment (EVLT™) of varicose veins

THE ERBIUM:YAG LASER IS USED TO TREAT/PERFORM:

• laser peel
• vertical lip lines
• lower eyelid lines
• crows feet
• facial wrinkles
• acne scarring
• removal of a variety of benign and precancerous facial lesions

THE ESTELUX™ IS USED TO TREAT/PERFORM:

• permanent hair reduction
• skin rejuvenation
• pigmented and vascular lesion removal
• facial veins

THE GENTLEWAVES LED DEVICE IS USED TO TREAT/PERFORM:

• skin rejuvenation

THE NLITE LASER IS USED TO STIMULATE COLLAGEN PRODUCTION TO TREAT:

• acne (may eliminate the need for oral antiobiotics)
• acne scars
• "broken" capillaries, facial veins and other vascular lesions
• Photodynamic Therapy
• stretch marks
• wrinkles

With the Vascular Mode, it can also treat:

• facial veins, angiomas
• port wine stains

THE PALOMAR Q-YAG 5 IS USED TO TREAT/PERFORM:

• tattoo removal
• pigmented lesion removal

THE PHOTODERM® VASCULIGHT PLUS IS USED TO TREAT/PERFORM:

• FotoFacial ™
• Photorejuvenation of face, chest, neck, arms and hands
• Photodynamic Therapy
• rosacea
• telangiectasias ("broken" capillaries) of the face and legs
• reticular veins of the leg
• port-wine birthmarks
• unwanted hair
• thickened scars
• blood vessel growths (pyogenic granuloma, hemangioma, etc.)
• a variety of pigmented lesions and age spots
• tattoos

THE PULSED DYE LASERS ARE USED TO TREAT:

• stretch marks
• telangiectasias ("broken" capillaries)
• port-wine birthmarks
• thickened scars
• blood vessel growths (pyogenic granuloma, hemangioma, etc.)
• warts

THE Q-SWITCHED LASERS ARE USED TO TREAT:

• tattoos
• brown age spots
• freckles
• some pigmented birthmarks
• dark circles under the eyes

THERMACOOL/THERMAGE IS USED TO:

• tighten skin non-surgically essel growths (pyogenic granuloma, hemangioma, etc.)
• warts

THE ULTRAPULSE® CO2 LASER IS USED TO RESURFACE:

• vertical lip lines
• lower eyelid lines
• crows feet
• facial wrinkles
• acne scarring
• precancerous lesions of the lower lip
• rhinophyma