February 15th, 2006, by Digital Davo | PDT, laser therapy
Some good digging from Aurelia, this time on Levulan. Thanks for scouring the archives for us Aurelia. I know it takes quite a bit of effort to find and quote the most helpful posts.
Quote From: Levulan (was IPL resource page).
Hi Eric,Although there’s nothing about Levulan in the RSRP as yet, there is a lot about it in the RS archives.
When aminolevulinic acid (Levulan) …
January 11th, 2006, by Digital Davo | laser therapy
Treatment of atrophic facial acne scars with the 1064-nm Q-switched Nd:YAG laser: six-month follow-up study.Archives of Dermatology. 2004 Nov;140(11):1337-41.Friedman PM, Jih MH, Skover GR, Payonk GS, Kimyai-Asadi A, Geronemus RG.DermSurgery Associates, Department of Dermatology, University of Texas Medical School, Houston 77030, USA.OBJECTIVES: To quantitatively assess improvement in acne scarring after a series of nonablative laser treatments …
January 4th, 2006, by Digital Davo | laser therapy, pulse dye laser
This paper is stating that even though the latest versions of the Pulse Dye laser don’t produce the same amount of purple/black scabbing as previous versions, it can still produce a lot of redness, swelling and pain. I know that I looked like a koala with a black scabby nose after my pulse dye laser treatment a few years ago. Sadly my …
January 2nd, 2006, by Digital Davo | laser therapy
Here Dr. Lazoff has done the hard work of reading and summarising a detailed paper on lasers in dermatology. The paper contains highly detailed background and history from four decades of research into the myriad of laser technologies and their application to dermatology.
Additionally the article interviews 2 prominent laser specialists on their approaches to treating rosacea. Dr. Lazoff has directed some of her …
December 5th, 2005, by Digital Davo | laser therapy, red face, telangectasia
This is the third promising looking paper on KTP Laser in the last 2 years. KTP stands for Potassium Titanyl Phosphate - aren’t you glad you asked !
Treatment of erythematotelangiectactic rosacea with a KTP YAG laser., Journal of Drugs in Dermatology. 2005 Nov-Dec;4(6):760-2., Miller A., St Louis Skin Solutions, MO 63131, USA.
The flushing and telangiectasias associated with rosacea are notoriously difficult to …
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