Vbeam

The VBeam® is a pulsed dye laser, which means that the laser energy is delivered in pulses and a dye is used to generate laser beams of different colors. Since the VBeam® is used to treat dilated blood vessels, as in rosacea, it is often called a vascular laser. The target of the vascular laser is hemoglobin, the red protein in blood cells in the blood vessels. Skin cells that surround the dilated blood vessels are not damaged.

The Vbeam Laser^® pulsed dye laser is a versatile device that was designed primarily for the treatment of cosmetic vascular issues, and can also be used for treating pigmented lesions. Some of the specific problems that can be treated with this device include:

• Broken blood vessels
• Rosacea
• Spider veins
• Vascular lesions
• Scars
• Port wine stains

VBeam® is not painful enough to require anesthesia. The short pulses feel like cold and hot snaps on the skin. A stream of cold air directed at the treated area helps to minimize discomfort.

If you have too much redness due to dilated blood vessels in your nose, cheeks, chin, or other parts of your face, you may benefit from treatment with the VBeam®. This includes, but is not limited to, the redness of rosacea. The VBeam® is also good for removing angiomas, small red clumps of blood vessels. Red birthmarks, called port wine stains, can be treated with the VBeam®, as can warts, scars, and bruises and sun damage on the neck and chest.

The treated area will look redder and swollen for a few hours or, in unusual cases, up to several days. Bruising may occur when very large blood vessels, port wine stains, warts, or scars are being treated.

Bruising is the most common side effect, and usually we know that is going to take place due to a very large vessel or a clump of many vessels and we can predict that in advance most of the time. Scarring, infection, and blistering are very rare.