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Stretch marks

Striae - Localized areas of skin that get stretched due to quick growth of underlying tissue that will eventually turn white over time.

West Coast Laser recommends the following systems for stretch marks treatments:

Vbeam™
The Vbeam™ 595 nm pulse dye laser has long been considered the "gold standard" for the treatment of vascular lesions and can also be used for the treatment of acne, stretchmarks, keloids, scar reduction, psoriasis and wrinkle reduction treatments. The innovative long pulse durations, up to 40 ms, deliver energy to targeted blood vessels over longer time frames thereby resulting in a more gentle heating effect generating a more uniform coagulation of the targeted vessels. This gentle heating enables the treatment to minimize or eliminate the purpuric response commonly associated with a pulse dye laser treatment.
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SmartXide DOT™
DOT Therapy is the newest, state-of-the-art procedure for laser skin resurfacing.  Using the SmartXide DOT™ CO2 laser system will allow the treating physician to take the technology to a new level with standard and fractional delivery methods to customize each treatment area on every patient.  DOT Therapy can be used for fractional laser resurfacing on the face as well as non-facial areas like the neck, decollete and hands to effectively treat sun damage, dyschromia (pigmentation), rhytids (wrinkles), skin laxity and acne scarring.

Unlike other skin resurfacing CO2 lasers, the SmartXide DOT™ laser system is unique because the treating physician is able to selectively control the spacing or "pitch" of the DOTs.  This control allows you to "fractionate" the laser energy over a customized pattern of micron-sized DOTs to maximize or limit the thermal density on the treatment tissue.  The untreated tissue remaining after DOT Therapy promotes faster healing times that can be customized with each patient depending on their schedule.

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WhisperNG™
The WhisperNG™ Erbium YAG Extended Ablation laser enables the physician to provide a unique ultra-fast, true laser peel with outstanding results and no relative downtime.  The WhisperNG™ laser combines a proprietary fluence level with an extra long pulse width to achieve “Extended Ablation” of the skin.  The desquamation process is spread out over 3 to 5 days and occurs simultaneously with the reepithelialization process.  The result is a noticeable improvement in skin texture without unduly exposing the underlying dermis.
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