TELANGIECTATIC NEVUS IN CHILDHOOD TREATED WITH A FLASHLAMP-PUMPED PULSED DYE-LASER

A 5-year old girl who presented with a congenital telangiectatic nevus localized on both cheeks was treated with a flashlamp pumped pulsed d ye laser in 3 cycles of 1-2 months over a period of 9 months. This las er treatment is particularly suitable for plane, pink vascular stains predominantly occurring in childhood. As the duration of the dye laser pulse is shorter than the thermal relaxation time of the blood vessel s, unspecific damage of the tissue by heat conduction can be avoided. Therefore the flashlamp pumped pulsed dye laser can induce selective p hotothermolysis. Without producing scars a good cosmetic result can be achieved and stigmatisation and psychic injury of the young patient c an be prevented.