Study investigates a 755/1064 nm laser with pigment meter guidance to help decrease side effects and improve outcomes.
Wausau, WI (August 17, 2023) – Overestimation and underestimation of melanin content before laser treatment can lead to disappointing results and potential vesiculation and scarring. A pigment meter helps laser operators provide the very best and safest settings for their patients. This study investigated a 755/1064 nm laser with pigment meter guidance to optimize outcomes for the reduction of hair and benign vascular/ pigmented lesions.
The study, led by E. Victor Ross, MD, is titled, “Use of a 755/1064 nm long pulse laser equipped with pigment meter guidance in the treatment of pseudofolliculitis barbae, vascular lesions, and epidermal pigmented lesions.” The study, published in Lasers in Surgery and Medicine (LSM), the official journal of the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, Inc. (ASLMS), was selected as the August 2023 Editor’s Choice.
Over 24 areas were treated among 20 patients. Areas included patients with leg veins, angiomas on the abdomen, two patients with lentigines on the hand, four patients with lentigos on the chest, three cases of pseudofolliculitis barbae on the neck, and nine facial treatments including pigment and telangiectasia.
A patient satisfaction survey near the clinical findings showed overall improvement was approximately 70%. The study concluded that a 1064/755 nm long pulse laser complete with integrated fluence guidance via melanin density proved effective in treating leg telangiectasia, facial telangiectasia, pseudofolliculitis barbae, and reduction of brown dyschromia.
“The work was important to give laser providers information about new exciting tools to guide them in treatment, as far as safety and efficacy,” said Ross.
Dr. E. Victor Ross is a dermatologist in San Diego, California He received his medical degree from Tulane University School of Medicine and has been in practice for more than 30 years. Dr. Ross uses a broad array of technologies to reduce red and brown skin lesions, wrinkles, unwanted hair, spider veins of the legs and improve the appearance of scars, including acne scars.
Editor’s Choice is an exclusive article published in LSM, the official journal of the ASLMS. View the complete manuscript.
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