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According to Dr. James Chen, Cosmetic Doctor at Ashbury Cosmetic Surgery and Vein Centre, medical lasers use an intense beam of light to gently remove unwanted, damaged, or diseased cells without harming the surrounding healthy cells. The Laser's energy may be delivered as a continuous wave of light or in pulses, depending on the treatment and the type of laser used.
Skin conditions treated with lasers include: aging and sun-damaged skin, tattoos, moles, warts, skin tags, stretch marks, acne, hypertropic scars, spider veins, and pigmentation.
Lasers have been used successfully at Ashbury in hundreds of thousands of treatments. Laser treatments performed properly, by a trained Doctor, are safe and effective. There are many benefits to laser surgery including little if any pain, no needles for most patients, less bruising and swelling and once removed, lesions do not return.
Dr. James Chen, explained that some patients say they feel a slight sting, like the snap of a rubber band on the skin, followed by the feeling of sunburn. Many treatments do not require anaesthetics. However, some patients feel more comfortable with a local numbing agent like ice or an anaesthetic cream. For others, a local anaesthetic injection may be beneficial.
How many treatments are required?
This depends on the size, location, depth and colour of your lesion. Spider veins on the face and age spot generally do well with one or two treatments, while darker or deeper birthmarks may require additional treatments. Port Wine stains and hemangiomas usually experience satisfactory results from laser treatments, however as many as six to eight treatment sessions may be required.
Most patients will see improvement in their vascular and pigmented lesions. The improvement can be quite dramatic. However, as with any surgical procedure, there is always a possibility that only minor changes will occur and in rare cases there is no response.
To find out f you could benefit from laser treatments, call Ashbury on:
(07) 3857 6188 Brisbane or (07) 55706800 Gold coast.
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