LASER FOR VASCULAR LESIONS

Laser has beneficial effects for vascular lesions. In these congenital or acquired lesions, I use what is called as color-specific laser. In these particular lesions, hemoglobin is the targeted chromophore. Photons (= energy units of laser) will be much absorbed by hemoglobin. Surgeons will not use knife, they will have difficulties to control bleedings when they use it. So, laser is the only answer.


Some patients have been referred to me by my colleagues (thank you to my dear friends!):

• a 2-month-old baby with recurrent epistaxis due to nasal hemangioma, result: complete cure after laser surgery
• a lady doctor with facial telangiectasia, result: complete cure after laser surgery
• a 48-year-old male case with nasopharyngeal hemangioma with oropharyngeal extension and tongue hemangioma, result: residual lesions which needed a second treatment
• a 16-year-old male with tongue hemangioma, result: controlled after laser surgery (picture shown above)
  
• other cases with superficial varices of the facial and or legs
  

In my humble opinion, laser has an important role to make solution of these cases. However, most of the cases are within aesthetic indication, therefore you have to pay from your own pocket.