FACE VEIN THERAPY – AURA LASER
Blood Vessel Laser
Aura Laser is a form of light that has been altered in order to produce a uniform high intensity single wave-length beam. The laser can be focused to treat fine blood vessels on the face and neck or attached to a scanner for treatment of larger areas or background redness.
Advantages
The blood vessel laser uses a wavelength of light which is maximally absorbed by blood vessels. The laser is therefore very selective in treating blood vessels and minimizes damage to surrounding tissue. Therefore there is much less risk of scarring as compared to techniques used previously to treat blood vessels.
Treatments
Suitable vascular lesions for laser treatment include:
- Port wine stain
- Veins on the face
- Rosacea
- Campbell de Morgan spots
- Venous lakes on lip
- Superficial angiomas
- Spider naevi
- Telangiectasia
- Red scars and stretch marks
- Poikiloderma background redness
- Leg veins
- Treatment of brown and pigmented spots
Commonly asked questions
Procedures can take up to 30 minutes or just a few seconds for minor red spots. Multiple treatments may be required at one month intervals apart. For example facial telangiectasia (dilated capillaries) usually require 2-3 treatments, or port wine stains require generally a few more.
The green light in the Aura laser converts to heat when it finds red (ie blood running through the veins). This heat inflames and closes down the blood vessels which usually do not re-open allowing fibrosis and reabsorption to occur. If vessels re-open more treatments may be required.
It is relatively painless when a cooler or topical anaesthetic cream is used prior to the treatment. This needs to be applied one hour before the treatment, not rubbed in, and covered with plastic wrap. Usually there is no pain after the procedure.
Risks are minimal and may include redness, swelling, crusting, spot bruising, scabbing, hyper/hypo pigmentation and very rarely, minor scarring. In most patients there are generally no side effects. Most people are able to return to work immediately after the procedure, although there may be some temporary redness and swelling present.
The effects are often permanent, however guarantees of permanency cannot be given. Also it does not prevent the development of new vessels over time.
The Aura Laser is very expensive and the operator needs specialized, supervised training in order to be able to use the laser safely.
We offer a FREE, No Obligation Cosmetic Surgery Consultation and a detailed explanation of the procedure.
Dr Lanzer can email all patients a detailed consent form which provides information related to the surgery. This information is made available to all patients before surgery, allowing enough time for the patient to ask any questions they may have.
