Dr Peter Crouch at The Burghley Park Clinic, December 2005
This video shows the effects of using the pulse dye laser in purpuric (bruising) mode. Any patient wishing to have treatment with the laser used in this mode must be prepared to have noticeable bruising for at least 7-10 days after treatment. Although this treatment can produce results where Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) alone has been unsuccessful, the evenness of the result is not generally as good as with IPL and IPL may be required to "feather" out the sharp cut off where the pulse dye laser has "punched" a hole in the redness which can other wise leave an uneven approach.
Video kindly reproduced here with the full permission of the patient and
treating physician as an information resource for rosacea suffers following suggestions from
patients and www.rosaceagroup.org.
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