A practical comparison of Copper Bromide Laser for the treatment of vascular lesions.

Abstract

The recent rapid growth in demand for aesthetic non-invasive laser treatments such as unwanted skin rejuvenation, removal of age-related vascular blemishes has led to a boom in the medical devices to treat these conditions. Among diverse laser for skin treatment, copper bromide laser is a very effective, safe, and well tolerated treatment for facial telangiectasia at various energy levels and the most important thing of the copper bromide laser device is that the stability of the energy. However there is no evidence about effective copper bromide laser's energy level for the treatment of vascular lesions. We compared energy stability and treatment performance between two energy levels in 2 W and 8 W which commonly use in laser treatment for the vascular lesions. 8 W copper bromide laser was more stable compared than 2 W copper bromide laser. Also, 8 W copper bromide laser was effectively superior to 2 W copper bromide laser in treatment of vascular legion. Consequently, 8 W copper bromide laser treatment for vascular lesion might be more suitable than 2 W copper bromide laser.

• Authors: SunWoo Lee, TaeBum Lee, HoYoun Kim, JungSoo Kim, HyeJun Eun, RyunKyung Kim
• Journal: Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference (Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc) Vol. 2013 Pg. 3765-8 ( 2013) ISSN: 2694-0604 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 24110550 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Chemical References

• Bromides
• Copper

Topics

• Animals
• Bromides (chemistry)
• Copper (chemistry)
• Humans
• Low-Level Light Therapy (instrumentation)
• Rabbits
• Skin (blood supply, radiation effects)
• Telangiectasis (radiotherapy)