Q-Switched Ruby laser & Q-Switched Nd: YAG laser
The removal of freckles and other benign skin pigmentation is now possible using dermatological lasers such as the Q-Switched Ruby, Nd:YAG and Alexandrite lasers.
These lasers can specifically target the pigmentation within the skin and hence greatly diminish the risk of unnecessary tissue damage and scarring.
Cosmetically, the results are much more superior to the older continuous wave lasers and other non-laser techniques.
A simple procedure?
The technique in using the Q-Switched lasers is to aim the laser light (varying 3-8mm circle) over the freckle or pigment lesion and then firing one or more pulses of the laser light till the entire area of pigmentation needing treatment has been covered.
Depending on the area being treated, the laser is relatively painless. Most patients do not need anaesthetic. If feels like a soft rubber band flicked at the skin.
