Comparative treatment of small diameter (≤400 µm) vascular lesions using extended pulse dye lasers
✍ Scribed by David J. Goldberg; Ellen S. Marmur; Snehal Amin; Mussarat Hussain
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 310 KB
- Volume
- 38
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0196-8092
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
Background and Objectives
Extended‐pulse dye lasers (EPDL) are commonly used to treat a variety of vascular lesions. This study evaluated whether differences in pulse formats and cooling methods might affect outcome in the treatment of small facial telangictasia.
Study Design/Materials and Methods
Ten subjects presenting with symmetric, bilateral facial telangiectasia were studied. Each side of the face was treated with either the V‐Star™ smart‐cool air cooling (Cynosure, Inc.) (VS) or V‐beam DCD cooling (Candela, Inc.) (VB) EPDL treatments with both systems were undertaken with a 10‐milliseconds pulse duration, 1 J/cm^2^ below the purpuric threshold, with up to three passes.
Results
Treatment clearance with the VS EPDL occurred with a lower fluence, using fewer passes than with the VB EPDL (P < 0.05).
Conclusions
Although both the currently popular EPDL systems are highly effective in the treatment of small facial telangiectasia, clinical differences can be seen between these two systems. Lasers Surg. Med. 38:106–111, 2006. © 2006 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.