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To understand how birthmarks are treated with lasers, it helps to first understand what makes up a birthmark. Birthmarks generally fall into one of two broad categories: 1) red (vascular) or 2) brown (pigmented). Although seldom life-threatening, a large birthmark can have a tremendous negative psychological effect on a child. Additionally, some vascular birthmarks can [...]

Almost every adult suffers from some degree of sun damage (photoaging) to their skin. The effects of sun damage on the face may appear as blotchy areas, brown spots, yellow or sallow coloration, and/or broken blood vessels. The skin may also have a pebbly texture and appear either thin or leathery and thickened. Of course, [...]

The possibility of using the energy of “light” to cause heat has been a fascination of physicists for almost a century, since Einstein conceived the concept of laser radiation in 1917. But the Laser Age was not launched until 1960, when a scientist used ruby crystals to observe what he termed Light Amplification by Stimulated [...]