Treatment of a Port‐Wine Stain in a Black Patient with the Pulsed Dye Laser
- 1 February 1992
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in The Journal of Dermatologic Surgery and Oncology
- Vol. 18 (2) , 147-148
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1524-4725.1992.tb02448.x
Abstract
A black man presenting with a port-wine stain was spot-treated with a flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser. The 1 cm2 area was treated with the flashlamp-pumped pulsed dye laser using rhodamine in methanol as the dye, a wavelength of 585 nm, a pulse duration of 450 microseconds, and a circular spot size of 5 mm. Energy density was 7.75 J/cm2. Superficial sloughing of the skin was noted immediately posttreatment. Persistent hyperpigmentation, textural changes to the skin, and no improvement in the port-wine stain were noted at follow-ups 2-, 4-, and 8-months posttreatment.Keywords
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