CLINICAL EFFECT OF THE COPPER-VAPOR LASER COMPARED TO PREVIOUSLY USEDARGON-LASER ON CUTANEOUS VASCULAR-LESIONS

The copper vapour laser has in theory qualities which make it interest ing in the treatment of cutaneous vascular malformations. In order to study the clinical effect of the copper vapour laser and to compare it s effect with the effect of the argon laser, we treated 38 patients wi th port-wine stain or facial telangiectasia with the copper vapour las er. Thirty-one patients were evaluated and of these 24 mere improved o r much improved. Nineteen patients had previously been treated with th e argon laser, and in this group the copper vapour laser had better ef fect than the argon laser in 8 patients and equal effect in 9 patients . In 7 patients side-effects like scarring or hyperpigmentation mere n oted after treatment with copper vapour laser.