This study evaluates results, adverse side effects and downtime of the protocol 'ActiveFX' for photodamaged facial skin. A non-sequential fractional ultrapulsed CO2 laser with specific settings is used in addition to a new computer pattern generator (CPG). From September 2006 to March 2007, 55 patients underwent this new 'soft' single-session, single-pass and full-face ablative fractional treat...

Introduction: Facial telangiectasias are common lesions resulting from multiple factors. Multiple therapies and devices have been used for the treatment of facial telangiectasia with varied success and complication rates. The 532nm diode (diode-pumped, frequency-doubled Nd:YAG) laser is compared with other laser and nonlaser modalities for the office-based cosmetic surgery practice. Materials a...

Unilateral nevoid telangiectasia (UNT) is a rare disease characterized by punctuate and stellate telangiectasias that follow dermatomal distribution.1 Its etiology remains elusive; no standard treatment currently exists. We describe a 14-year-old Asian female (skin type IV) with UNT, who underwent treatment with long-pulsed 1064-nm Nd:YAG laser and 595-nm pulsed dye laser for her disease. The p...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Intense pulsed light (IPL) systems are high-intensity light sources, which emit polychromatic light. Unlike laser systems, these flashlamps work with noncoherent light in a broad wavelength spectrum of 515-1,200 nm. These properties allow for great variability in selecting individual treatment parameters and adapting to different types of skin types and indications. Th...

Cerebral vascular malformations are usually divided into arteriovenous malformations, developmental venous anomalies, cavernous angiomas and capillary telangiectasias with capillary telangiectasias accounting for 16%-20% of all vascular malformations at autopsy studies [1]. Capillary telangiectasias primarily occur in the brainstem and consist of numerous thin-walled vessels separated by normal...

INTRODUCTION Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), also known as Rendu-Osler-Weber syndrome, is an autosomal dominant disease with a prevalence of 1:5000, that leads to multiregional angiodysplasia. Mucocutaneous telangiectasias and visceral arteriovenous malformations are common features of this disease. The presence of telangiectasias in nasal mucosa leads to recurrent epistaxis that a...

Facial telangiectases are small dilated vessels that are visible on the skin surface. They are a cosmetic disfigurement for millions of people, making their treatment one of the most frequently requested procedures in dermatology. Several treatment choices are available, including a variety of lasers. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the results, using a copper bromide laser, of variab...