Let it be said that lasers have been in medical use for over forty five years and that there has not been any report of long term adversed effect or development of cancer.

16 types of laser are now being used in our office surgery unit:

has the capacity to vaporize cells. The infrared energy is absorbed by the water contained in the cells, and this results in tissue destruction with a loss of substance. When focused, the CO₂ Laser acts as a scalpel. When defocused, it is used to vaporize skin lesions.

This new and revolutionary Erbium:YAG laser allows us to resurface the skin of the face, neck and back of hands by removing the damaged surface layer of dead skin cells. This laser removes fine lines and wrinkles and minimizes acne scars.

These lasers allow us also to resurface the skin of the face. They remove fine lines and wrinkles, improve frown creases and minimize acne scars.

These lasers were developed for hair removal. The light emitted by these lasers is absorbed only by the pigment located in the hair follicle, that which disables the follicle and prevents the transfer of excess heat to the skin surrounding the hair follicle. The LightSheer Diode is most appropriate for dark hair in fair-skinned men or women. The Profile/ClearScan™ Nd:YAG laser is a new comer to our office. This laser, with a contact cooling device, is used for hair removal in darker skin patients. The IPL (HR) de Lumenis ONE™ and the BBL from Sciton, both non laser, allow us to treat all types of skin, all colors from blond to black, all skin texture: fine,coarse, dense and all sizes of hair.
(www.lumenis.com) (www.sciton.com)

The Dye Laser (Candela Vbeam Perfecta): is a selective photothermolysis laser to treat cutaneous small blood vessel disease processes (telangiectasia, port-wine malformation, certain types of warts etc.). This highly selective destruction of blood vessels occurs with preservation of the perivascular area (less thermal coagulation due to its short pulse duration) and with very little action of this yellow light on the pigmented skin surface (no significant absorption by melanin). This laser, to which is attached a cooling spray ("Dynamic Cooling Device"), is also a natural complement to sclerotherapy of lower extremities to treat effectively small vessels under one mm in diameter.

is a laser to treat vascular lesions (facial and leg telangiectasia). It is used with the fiber pen for the manual treatment of linear lesions and also with a SCANNER for the treatment of larger vascular lesions (a CoolSpot is also used when indicated).

The indication to use one or the other varies according to the type of pigmented lesions or the color of the tattoo. Hence it is possible to safely, easily and effectively remove most types of decorative, medical and traumatic tattoos without scarring. These lasers are also used to treat superficial and deep pigmented lesions including everything from freckles, to age (actinic) spots, café au lait macules, junctional pigmented naevi and some pigmented birth marks (congenital pigmented naevus).

The Profile/Contour™ Sciton Laser is a new generation of invasive Erbium:YAG Laser. The MicroLaserPeel is the awaited missing link between microdermabrasion and carbon dioxide laser. For the treatment of superficial wrinkles, the rejuvenation results obtained are comparable to those of a CO₂ laser without the inconvenience of a long time off. It allows a uniform and control clean vaporization selecting from 10 to 50 microns. The down-time is short, 2 to 4 days, so called the week-end wrinkle laser, according to the depth of the ablation because the MicroLaserPeel does not penetrate the 110 micron epidermal barrier. This treatment may be unique or repeated at intervals of 2 months, but results are not additive.

This same laser, however, performs another function which is similar to that of carbon dioxide lasers. The results obtained are similar, but on account of the precise independent control of ablation depth and thermal zone by a high speed computer-guided scanner (LAPG Telecentric), the down-time is shorther and the post-op care is much easier. The Profile/Contour™ is used to treat deeper wrinkles, epidermal lesions and acne scars.

Is a non-ablative system of the fourth generation.
This laser at 1319-nm wavelenght has been designed to allow a controlled heating of subepidermal layers of the skin. The LAPG computer-guided high-speed scanner coupled with full contact cooling technology means a short operation that treats all skin types, is safe for tanned skin, no hyperpigmentation and a wide range of application: Collagen remodeling: Photorejuvenation, Wrinkles, Acne scars. Heating of sebaceous glands for acne treatment.

AFFIRM "MICRO-REJUVENATION SYSTEM" is a Nd:YAG FRACTIONAL laser from Cynosure that is used combined with a cooling device to reduce fine lines and superficial wrinkles without pain, without ablation and without downtime.
(www.cynosurelaser.com)

PROFRACTIONAL is mainly used for acne and post-traumatic scars, aging and sun-damaged skin. A laser beam creates thousands of micro channels surrounded by normal skin to accelerate the healing process while the treated areas stimulate the production of new collagen. The face, neck, chest and back of hands may be treated. A series of 1 to 4 sessions spaced 3/6 weeks depending on your needs. Minimal inconvenience: mild redness resembling a sunburn. Down-time from one to three days depending on the depth of the treated lesion. Makeup may be applied one or two days after each session of treatment. This treatment is often combined with a MicroLaserPeel.
(www.sciton.com)

ACCENT™ is the ONLY system on the market which provides two types of radiofrequency technology: (RF) UniPolar and BiPolar. This apparatus treats CELLULITE by reducing the dimpled appearance of the skin «orange peel» or «cottage cheese». This treatment is often combined with a bodily reshaping ultrasound device, namely UltraShape.
(www.almalasers.com)

ULTRASHAPE is a bodily reshaping treatment. It is an ultrasound surgery free liposuction. UltraShape breaks down unwanted fat of: Abdomen, Thighs (saddle bags) and Flanks (love handles). It is safe, effective, painless, surgery and anesthesia free, scar and dimple-wave free. Three sessions of treatment are usually required to loose an average of 4 to 10 cm in diameter of the treated area. UltraShape may be combined with an anti-cellulite treatment such as ACCENT. (www.ultrashape.com)

PORTRAIT PSR³ from Rhytec is a unique and efficient procedure that promotes a non-ablative Skin Regeneration. It is an entirely new category of cosmetic treatment that reduces fine lines and middle-size wrinkles. It is a procedure to treat perioral and periorbital wrinkles and at the same time tightens, improves skin tone, skin texture and also improves dyschromia (pigmentation irregularities). However a short period of downtime of 4 to 7 days does exist, the length of which varies according to the treatment intensity. (www.rhytec.com)