REMOVING VEIN CHANGES WITH PhotoDerm

		Photoderm Vasculight is a modern device that uses high-energy light with broad spectrum and Nd:YAG impulse laser, of 1064 nanometer waves. It can remove various, subtle vessel changes, birthmarks and acquired marks all over one's body. It works very simply: while emitting light it generates heat, which warms up the infected place to a high temperature that destroys illness and removes defected tissues. If it is a vessel change, the removed tissue is a blood vessel.
Hemoglobin, which is of a red, blood color, absorbs light energy, changes it into high temperature and heats blood. When blood is sufficiently heated, it coagulates and destroys the blood vessel walls, which are later removed from your organism. Effective therapy is a set of consecutive sessions, which can take place over a few months time. The number of sessions depends on the size and deepness of vein changes and they idiopathically disappear. Effects are visible after a few months.

What kind of changes we can remove with Photoderm?

	Flat angioma
	Lacunar angioma
	Ageing angioma
	Telegiektazies - broaden vessels on face and legs
	Vessel granuloma
	Poikiloderma - skin light destruction
	Broadening of leg veins
	Tiny varixes

It is not recommended to use Photoderm if you:

	Are a pregnant woman
	Take medicines that make you more sensitive to light
	Are tanned or of dark skin type
	Are diabetes
	Take anticoagulants, medicines that diminish blood coagulability
	Have problems with coagulability
	Have keloids

Before treatment...
You will consult with a doctor, who will:

	ask you about your past health problems
	explain you what is the treatment and how it works
	examine changes you want to remove
	check if there are any contradictions to the treatment
	explain potential side effects
	make your expectations closer to reality

After treatment...
Potential side effects:

	During laser activation many patients can feel discomfort of different power range and character, like tingling or painfulness (sometimes it last even for an hour after treatment), most people tolerates these feelings, but others may need anesthesia.
	Blush and swelling can reveal after session as its indirect effects, but they disappear in a few hours, days at least
	There can be itching right after treatment, especially at places about nose and cheeks
	Skin can be more sensitive immediately after session (you should avoid situations that can mechanically injure your skin)

Complications:

	They are very seldom, only 2% of patients can meet them
	Skin damages - like blisters or crusts might be an effect of laser treatment, but they passes in 10 days
	Skin under strong lightening can get blue, but it passes after 5 to 15 days, brown skin color can last for even 3 months
	Pigment changes - color changes and skin discoloration appears usually if patient is tanned or is of dark skin color. They can have hyper pigmentation although they avoid the sun (it usually passes after 3 to 6 months, and hardly ever appear to be permanent)
	Scars happen only if a patient has problems with keloids
	There may appear skin infections on lightened place (it can also activate herpes)

After treatment you should:

	Avoid sun for a month after session, apply creams with high number UVA filters
	Avoid physical exercises, massages, hot baths and situations when you can mechanically injure your skin for about 4 to 5 days
	Apply moisturizing cosmetics
	If skin is injured, do not wear make up on lighten places for about 4 to 5 days after treatment
	After 3 to 6 weeks you should come for a check visit to control effects of treatment and receive some further instructions, eventually.

During consultation before treatment you should talk to your doctor about expected and possible treatment effects, possibility of meeting your expectations and circumstances and doubts you can have with this modern and safe method of removing vessel changes.

Examples

Flat angioma
Before	After
Spider angioma
Before	After
Lip angioma
Before	After