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Picosecond lasers include PicoSure, PicoWay and EnLighten. They are ideally used for tattoos and some for hyperpigmentation of skin aging.Fine vessels and telangiectasias are best addressed with intense pulse light technology or pulse dye lasers.
The pulse duration is too short to effectively treat fine capillary vessels on the face. You are much better off being treated with a short-pulse intense pulsed light (IPL) or a pulsed dye laser (PDL). Both of these treatments are extremely effective.
Hi Dinama. This is a tough one. We do not use IPL because generally it does not provide for permanent removal of sun damage in most cases. We use q-switched lasers like the Picosure. With that said, normally it takes more than one treatment, but the spots are gone for...
Thank you for your question. I have found that black ink responds the best with the Picosure laser as it has short pulse duration that exceeds photothermal action and results in an intense photomechanical impact. This adds up to faster results and fewer treatments when compared to older tattoo...
Although the company reports the Picosure can treat all ink colors, this is not what has been seen clinically. In reality, this laser is best for green inks and fairly poor for all the other colors. What is needed for black inks is a 1064 wavelength with nano and picosecond capabilites. I pr...
