The pulsed dye laser can treat the following things: Rosacea, warts, facial veins, stretch marks, leg veins, venous lakes, scars, angiomas, psoriasis, red birthmarks such as hemangiomas and port wine stains, and periorbital wrinkles. You may be asking, just what is a pulsed dye laser. Well, the pulsed dye laser was specifically designed to get rid of benign vascular lesions. The laser basically delivers a very intense burst of yellow light to the skin. The light is specifically absorbed by the blood vessels in the skin.

These blood vessels are coagulated and then reabsorbed by the body during the natural healing process. The treatment is actually very safe, in fact, it is so safe that it has been used successfully for the treatment of port wine stains in babies and young children. Side effects can include a laser bruise, called a purpura, sometimes there is redness, and swelling in the treated area. These are transient and don’t usually last more than a few days. Sometimes people may feel a slight discomfort associated with the laser pulse, some people have said it feels like a rubber band snapping on the skin. You can have a topical anesthetic applied prior to the treatment if you would like.