Best treatment for port wine stain birthmark?

I have a large port wine stain on right leg covering 50%. What are procedure available? How much would it cost?

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A: Pulsed dye laser to remove Port Wine Stains

John Burns, MD
By John Burns, MD - Dallas Plastic Surgeon

I recommend a series of laser treatments with the Pulsed Dye Laser to remove Port Wine Stains which are also known as capillary vascular malformations. The pulsed dye laser targets the oxyhemoglobin molecule in blood which makes it very effective in treating vascular lesions such as a port wine stain.... more

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liezle14
529 posts
10 Jun 2009

Hi Tify88! You might want to read, How can I treat a Port Wine Stain (vascular birthmark)?, as it relates.

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