October 12th, 2006, by Digital Davo | telangectasia
A paper that I highlighted in January (see clinically measuring facial blood vessels) is now available as a full text web page and also as a PDF file. Occasionally the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology puts full text articles from an Issue up for free on their web site. Given that we can now view the whole paper including photographs, it is worth revisiting …
May 2nd, 2006, by Digital Davo | research, telangectasia
Some interesting looking technology that one day might prove to be another tool in treating vascular rosacea. Anything that can help a laser treatment target vessels more accurately will be a bonus for sufferers.Vein-viewing Tech LaunchedLuminetx ships an imaging device that flashes the body’s veins onto the skinWith the help of infrared light, Luminetx has developed an imaging device …
January 9th, 2006, by Digital Davo | telangectasia
Videocapillaroscopic alterations in erythematotelangiectatic rosacea.
Journal American Academy Dermatology. 2006 Jan;54(1):100-4
Rosina P, Zamperetti MR, Giovannini A, Chieregato C, Girolomoni G.
BACKGROUND: Rosacea is a common chronic dermatosis that involves the cutaneous microvasculature of the face. There are no objective measures for assessing the severity of erythematotelangiectatic rosacea.
OBJECTIVE: Our purpose was to characterize and provide objective measures of vessel changes in erythematotelangiectatic rosacea by videocapillaroscopy.
METHODS: We compared …
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 …
November 14th, 2005, by Digital Davo | laser therapy, telangectasia
Treatment of superficial cutaneous vascular lesions: experience with the KTP 532 nm laser., Lasers in Medical Science, August 2004, 19(1):1-5. Clark C, Cameron H, Moseley H, Ferguson J, Ibbotson SH. Photobiology Unit, Department of Dermatology, Ninewells Hospital Medical School, University of Dundee, DD1 9SY, UK.
Abstract: Whilst most facial telangiectasias respond well to short-pulse-duration pulsed dye laser therapy, studies have shown that for the treatment …
|
|
|
|
|
|