Nothing is quite as beautiful as soft, smooth, healthy-looking skin. Our advanced laser technology allows us to safely, easily and effectively treat many skin disorders painlessly, on an out-patient basis.

How does a laser work?
The word LASER is an acronym for Light Amplification by the Stimulated Emission of Radiation. The Vbeam uses an intense beam of light, delivered in long pulses, to gently remove unwanted, damaged, or diseased cells without harming the surrounding healthy cells.

What is a vascular lesion?
Skin blemishes due to abnormal blood vessels located directly under your skin’s surface that give the skin a red colour are called vascular lesion. Port Wine stains, strawberry hemangiomas and spider veins (talengiectasias) are all forms of vascular lesions.

What is a pigmented lesion?
Pigmented lesions are caused by a proliferation of melanocytes in the skin. Melanocytes are the cells that manufacture melanin, which is the dark pigment in skin. Most of us have some form of pigmented lesion. They include brown age spots (lentigines), freckles (ephileds), and moles (nevi)
Lesion without colour are called non-pigmented lesions. They include warts and skin tags.

What type of lesion can be treated with the Vbeam laser?

• Angiomas
• facial veins
• hypertrophic scars
• leg veins
• poikiloderma
• red birthmarks
• rosacea
• warts.

What results can be expected?
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.

Are Vbeam laser treatment safe?
Lasers have been used successfully in hundreds of thousands of treatments. Laser treatment performed properly, by a trained physician, 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.

Do treatments for skin lesion hurt?
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 anesthetics. However, some patients feel more comfortable with a local numbing agent like ice or an anesthetic cream. For others, a local anesthetic injection may be beneficial.

How many treatments are required?
This depends on the size, location, depth and color of your lesion. Spider veins on the face and age spots general do well with one or two treatments, while darker or deeper birthmarks may require additional treatments. Treatments should be placed several weeks apart to allow your body to remove the maximum amount of pigment cells. You will continue to see a lightening of your lesion after each treatment as your body disposes of the pigmented cells.