Clinical Study

Treatment of Superficial Cutaneous Vascular Lesions: Experience with the Long-Pulsed 1064 nm Nd:YAG Laser

Table 1

Treatment procedures according to type and diameter of lesions.

Type of lesion/diameter
(mm)
Spot size
(mm)
Pulse duration (ms) Starting fluences
J/cm2
Cooling DCD spray/delay (ms)

Spider angioma 1.5 20 340 10 ms spray/30 ms delay
10 ms post spray
Facial telangiectasia
<0.5 mm
1.5 20 340 10 ms spray/30 ms delay
10 ms post spray
Facial telangiectasia
0.5–1.0 mm
1.5 40 250 10 ms spray/30 ms delay
10 ms post spray
Leg telangiectasia
<0.5 mm
1.5 20–40 360 10 ms spray/20 ms delay
10 ms post spray
Leg telangiectasia
<1.0 mm
3 40–60 220 15–20 ms spray/20 ms delay
10 ms post spray
Leg telangiectasia
<1.5 mm
3 40–60200 15 ms spray/20 ms delay
10 ms post spray
Leg telangiectasia
1.5–3 mm
3 180 180 15 ms spray/20 ms delay
10 ms post spray