Re: photoderm question: 515nm filter

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I had a test patch with the 515 filter and it burnt. Apparently, if

not used with the correct paramaters, the 515 filter has a much

higher tendency to burn.

I would be wary of it. 550 seems to be the lowest filter used

nowadays.

.

> Hi all.

>

> I have a question for those in the know concerning the use of the

> 515nm filter in photoderm. From messages on this board in the

past,

> I've gotten the impression that the 515nm filter is too shallow to

do

> any good, and that it's been largely abandoned as a useful filter

for

> the treatment of rosacea. I ask because at the place I'm having

> photoderm done, they recently informed me that one of my sessions

> would involve treatment with the 515nm filter. I would like

opinions

> on this filter, and input/results from any that have had it used on

> them. Is the use of this filter any good, or should I protest its

> use as a waste of my time and money?

>

> Thanks for any input.

>

> BB

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I had a test patch with the 515 filter and it burnt. Apparently, if

not used with the correct paramaters, the 515 filter has a much

higher tendency to burn.

I would be wary of it. 550 seems to be the lowest filter used

nowadays.

.

> Hi all.

>

> I have a question for those in the know concerning the use of the

> 515nm filter in photoderm. From messages on this board in the

past,

> I've gotten the impression that the 515nm filter is too shallow to

do

> any good, and that it's been largely abandoned as a useful filter

for

> the treatment of rosacea. I ask because at the place I'm having

> photoderm done, they recently informed me that one of my sessions

> would involve treatment with the 515nm filter. I would like

opinions

> on this filter, and input/results from any that have had it used on

> them. Is the use of this filter any good, or should I protest its

> use as a waste of my time and money?

>

> Thanks for any input.

>

> BB