The right side of each patient s face received 755 nm picosecon.
Picosecond laser for melasma.
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Discovery pico plus for pigmentation.
To evaluate efficacy and safety of picosecond 755 nm alexandrite laser as compared to 1064 nm qs nd yag laser for melasma treatment in asians.
With more than 5 times the peak power of the most powerful nanosecond nd yag laser starwalker and 450 picosecond laser pulses that are more than 10 times shorter it is able to produce more photoacoustic effect with less.
532nm 785nm and 1064nm.
The laser targets pigment and activates natural collagen production in your skin cells.
The innovative picoway picosecond laser system includes multiple wavelengths on one platform.
In skin of color a clinical study with the picosecond laser demonstrated a low rate of pih at only 4 65 of the lesions.
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Vascular laser treatment may be used to treat the melasma if it has a red component erythrotelengiectatic subtype of melasma.
Treatment of melasma and post inflammatory hyperpigmentation by a picosecond 755 nm alexandrite laser in asian patients annals of dermatology vol.
Thus far however no data has been published about their efficacy in patients with melasma either using settings for benign pigmented lesions like solar lentigos or at low fluence treatments that are analogous to low fluence q switched laser treatment.
The treatment proves to be promising.
Shorter pulses and enhanced photoacoustic effect avoids overheating of skin and decreases risk of pih.
The picosure laser works by delivering high intensity laser pulses for a very short time a picosecond which is about one trillionth of a second.
At the recently concluded american society for dermatologic surgery meeting in phoenix arizona researchers looked at the efficacy of using picosecond lasers to treat melasma with the aim of reducing adverse effects from current treatment options.
A study published by the american society of laser medicine and surgery reveals the efficacy of the 755 nm picosecond laser as a treatment for melasma in asian women with darker skin types.
Picoway by candela boasts three wavelengths 1064nm 785nm and 532nm and uses ultra short picosecond trillionths of a second pulses to treat a broad range of skin types and concerns.
Enter picosure laser an innovative advanced treatment for many skin conditions including melasma.
Twelve patients received 4 sessions of treatments at 1 month interval in a split face manner.
Picosecond lasers for tattoo removal.
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1064nm q switch nd yag laser at low power settings is to date the most promising laser treatment for melasma.
Discovery pico plus is a second generation triple wavelength picosecond laser that generates the highest peak power in the world.
Several treatments are required over many months to see improvements.
