Age Spots,acne scar removal,rid of blemish,freckle removal,laser hair removal

Laser treatments

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

Thermally Designed Lasers:		Selective Photothermolysis Lasers:
CO₂ laser CO₂ SilkTouch CO₂ FeatherTouch Erbium:YAG 2940-nm lasers ConBio Sciton Contour ProFractional (the most recent Fraxel) Sciton Contour MicroLaserPeel Sciton Contour Resurfacing A thermic apparatus acquired recently Portrait PSR (plasma) Non-thermic apparatus acquired recently Accent (radiofrequency for CELLULITE) UltraShape (ultrasound for free surgery LIPOSUCTION)		Candela Vbeam Perfecta 595-nm Pulsed Dye Laser LaserScope Aura StarPulse 532-nm KTP laser Sinon Q-Switched Ruby 594-nm laser Palomar Q-YAG 5 laser 1064-nm and mixed 1064 / 532nm Lumenis ONE™ Multi-Spot 1064-nm Nd: YAG laser LightSheer Diode 800-nm laser Sciton Profile ThermaScan™-1319-nm Nd:YAG laser ClearScan™ 1064-nm Nd:YAG laser Cynosure Affirm 1440-nm Nd:YAG laser

These lasers are used for the treatment of several skin diseases:

1. Vascular Lesions of the skin : Vbeam Dye, Aura KTP, Lumenis or Sciton Nd:YAG lasers, IPL, BBL and XPL apparatus:

nevus flammeus (port-wine malformation)
cherry hemangioma, venous lakes (lips)
varicosities of lower extremities
generalized facial erythema
telangietatic vessel of the face (blemishes - rosacea)
non specific telangiectatic vessel of the face
vascular spider (nevus araneus)
capillary hemangioma (strawberry mark)
pyogenic granuloma
poikiloderma (neck, chest)

2. Laserbrasion with Erbium: YAG lasers (ConBio or: MicroLaserPeel, Resurfacing, ProFractional) CO₂ Silk-FeatherTouch, Affirm, Portrait:

acne scars
wrinkles and fine lines (rejuvenation)
rhinophyma (hypertrophic nose)

3. Keloids and Hypertrophic scars (CO₂, Erbium:YAG and Vbeam lasers).

4. Warts (CO₂, Vbeam lasers)

juvenile flat warts
plantar warts
periungual warts
condylomas (moist warts, venereal warts)
molluscum contagiosum

5. Pigmented Benign Lesions: Q-Switched Ruby and Nd:YAG lasers, and the IPL, XPL and BBL apparatus

lentigines (actinic, age spots)
freckles
café-au-lait spots
junctional flat pigmented naevi
some types of superficial melasma
pigmented congenital birth marks
Becker's nevus
nevus of OTA
postinflammatory hyperpigmentation

6. Precancerous Lesions: CO₂ laser by Resurfacing or excisional modes, and by Dynamic Phototherapy (Levulan + ClearLight):

actinic keratosis (sun induced)
leukoplakia of lips, skin horns
actinic cheilitis (lips)
Bowen's disease (intraepidermal carcinoma)
dysplastic nevus

7. Cancerous Lesions: CO₂ laser laser by Resurfacing or excisional modes:

basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas
melanoma and lentigo maligna

8. Small Tumors and Superficial Cysts :CO₂ and Erbium:YAG lasers:

milium-cysts (large ones)
syringomas (small cystic lesions of eyelids)
dermatofibroma
neurofibroma
sebaceous cysts and epidermal cysts
cysts of the mucous membrane of the mouth and the lips

9. Nail Lesions (CO₂ laser):

ingrown toenails
onychomycosis (athletic foot-like fungus nail infection resistant to oral antifungal medication)

10. Nevoid Lesions: CO₂, Erbium:YAG (Con Bio or Profile/Contour: MicroLaserPeel, Resurfacing, ProFractional), Q-Switched Ruby, or Palomar Nd:YAG lasers

seborrheic keratosis (senile warts)
sebaceous hyperplasia
sebaceous nevus
cellular intradermal nevus (non pigmented mole)
pigmented junctional nevus and pigmented mole
skin tag (acrochordon)

11. Tattoos (Q-Switched Ruby or Palomar Nd:YAG laser)

12. Laser Hair Removal: ClearScan™ and LightSheer Diode Lasers and Lumenis ONE™ IPL and Sciton BBL apparatus

13. Tissue contraction by the Thermage or Accent radiofrequency systems, and the SkinTYTE from Sciton, all non laser, non invasive and non ablative

14. GentleWaves LED non-invasive Photomodulation of peri-orbital wrinkles and rhytids: Ref: Facial Rejuvenation

15. Cellulite by ACCENT and Free Surgery Liposuction by ULTRASHAPE:Ref: Cellulite and Localized Fat Deposits