Evaluating the efficacy of treatment of resistant port-wine stains with variable-pulse 595-nm pulsed dye and 532-nm Nd:YAG lasers.

Background: Some port wine stains (PWSs), despite multiple treatments with the 585-nm 0.45-ms pulsed dye laser (PDL), fail to improve substantially.

Objective: To determine the efficacy and tolerability of variable pulse width 595-nm PDL and 532-nm Nd:YAG laser in the treatment of resistant PWS.

A pilot study on the treatment of facial rhytids using nonablative 585-nm pulsed dye and 532-nm Nd:YAG lasers.

Background: There have been reports of successfully using the pulsed dye laser and long-pulse Nd:YAG laser to improve skin wrinkles.

Objective: To evaluate the efficacy of these lasers in the treatment of moderate to severe wrinkles.

Methods: Seven subjects had one side of their periorbital wrinkles treated with pulsed dye laser (585 nm, 0.

532-nm Nd:YAG and 595-nm pulsed dye laser treatment of leg telangiectasia using ultralong pulse duration.

Background: Telangiectatic leg veins have been treated using lasers with variable success.

Objective: We aimed to examine the efficacy and tolerability of a 595-nm pulsed dye laser (PDL) and a 532-nm Nd:YAG laser using ultralong pulse duration to improve leg telangiectasias with a single treatment.

Methods: Ten subjects with leg telangiectasias up to 1.

Long-pulsed (6-ms) pulsed dye laser treatment of rosacea-associated telangiectasia using subpurpuric clinical threshold.

Background: The pulsed dye laser (PDL), especially the 585-nm short-pulse width (450 micros) laser, has been extensively used in the treatment of facial telangiectasias. However, the resultant posttreatment purpura lasts for days and may not be cosmetically acceptable.

Objective: To examine the effect of long-pulsed (6 ms) PDL at subpurpuric clinical threshold in the treatment of rosacea-associated telangiectasia.