Laser Treatments

3-D imaging: Update from ASAPS 2011

Posted on May 19, 2011

Here’s a cool product I checked out in Boston: 3-D imaging for patients, without an expensive, dedicated multi-camera system. Swiss software company Crisalix has been working on this for several years, and now they are at the stage where they are offering a commercial product, designed to help patients thinking about breast augmentation surgery. Simply upload 3 […]

Palomar starts to market new “at-home” laser treatment

Posted on January 11, 2011

Palomar has received FDA clearance for their latest product, a hand-held, battery-powered laser. It’s called the “PaloVia”, and is the first unit cleared by the FDA for home use. The PaloVia uses a fractional method, in which only small “polka-dots” of skin are treated, and is non-ablative – meaning there won’t be any raw, oozing areas […]

Cool stuff! Laser assisted microsurgery

Posted on May 13, 2010

When plastic surgeons move tissue from one area of the body to another using the “free flap” technique, the crucial stage is the hook-up of tiny arteries and veins, so that the moved tissue can receive blood and oxygen in its new location. Since the 1960’s, this has been done with micro-sutures, sewing the vessels […]

A new laser treatment for stretch marks? Maybe.

Posted on February 19, 2010

When patients come in with stretch marks, we’ve traditionally had little to offer them. Retin-A cream helps somewhat. IPL and vascular lasers can be used if the stretch marks are red or purple in color. But that was about it, unless the stretch marks were on the lower portion of the abdomen – and the […]

The Lipo-laser: does it work?

Posted on June 30, 2009

We are now starting to see ads in Orlando for a new fat-melting treatment, a laser beam that melts fat after shining the beam on the the skin. Known as the “lipo-laser”, or more properly, the Zerona, the manufacturer claims that its use can result in the loss of inches of fat – without surgery, […]

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