Ablative Laser Treatments at Canberra Veins and Laser Medicine
What type of Skin Laser Treatments does CVLM provide?
Canberra Vein and Laser Medicine provides skin laser treatments for various skin lesions. The procedures we perform are founded on some basic principles:
- Treatments and procedures are guided by current medical guidelines and peer reviewed evidence.
- If the treatment is not available here, you will be referred elsewhere
What are Ablative Laser Treatments?
The use of a Class IV laser to vaporize a lesion with minimal to no scarring.
Ablative Laser Treatments for:
Benign Moles
These are relatively common and are benign in most instances. An assessment of the lesion with a dermatoscope (hand held microscope) will be carried out to make sure that the lesion is not a skin cancer. Then an ablative laser is utilised to eliminate the lesion under local anaesthetic. This is usually a one off treatment with little to no residual scarring.
Seborrheic Keratoses
These are very common benign lesions that are assessed with a dermatoscope prior to ablation with laser under local anaesthetic.
Again, like with most ablative treatments, this is a one off treatment with limited or no scarring.
Solar Keratoses
The process for solar keratoses is quite similar to seborrheic keratoses. Approximately 10% of these lesions have the potential to progress to a precancerous lesion so its worth taking them seriously.