A new clinic has opened in my area that is now offering Picoway Resolve sessions for pigmentation. Is this a good option for extensive melasma on face (particularly above to top lip)? I can't find much info at all about this type of treatment. I'm booked in for halo in a few weeks but thinking I should swap to picoway Resolve?? Any insight? Any info is limited about how it works with melasma!
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Pico second lasers such as the Picoway, are simply an advancement over the earlier Q Switched lasers. The wavelength of my Picoway laser and my Q switched laser is the same - 1064 nm( other wavelengths are also there, just an example), but the Picoway is much more powerful as the laser d...
It is not abnormal to have some oozing at the laser sight. We often see this post procedure and put some xeroform gauze or vaseline gauze over it. We tell the patients to keep it moist with vaseline for a few days. It should not be bloody but may ooze some.
Picoway is a very useful tool for removing pigmentation, skin lightening and to some extent, textural improvement. Tattoos are just one indication, but we use Picoway for a wide range of pigmentary conditions. But it is not the best tool for skin tightening. Also, a single treatment modality fo...