Guest guest Posted March 2, 2002 Report Share Posted March 2, 2002 The VBeam's main advantage over photoderm is that its pulses are extra long and more gentle on the skin and vessels. The problem is that it only uses one main wavelength, 595 nanometers, which is a good depth for treating facial telangiectasia (spider veins) and superficial redness, but not a great depth for the deeper flush vessels that make this condition so hard to defeat. Also, the cooling chip that is used on the laser is believed to constrict many vessels and " hide " them from the laser, leading to less than optimal results. The general consensus on the Vbeam though is that it is great on the spider veins, pretty good on redness and not great on the flushing. From what I've researched and been told, in the hands of an experienced doctor, photoderm usually outdoes the Vbeam. - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2002 Report Share Posted March 4, 2002 Hello , , Group: I've been wondering which treatment I would be the best candidate for. My rosacea is many spider veins on both cheeks with local or residual redness. If I flush (my cheeks blush sometimes; they have since I was a kid) then my cheeks get spots of color around these spider veins sometimes with small red bumps. Other people sometimes think I have a rash... I feel convinced that if I could just get rid of these damaged blood vessels I would solve most, if not all of my problem! I don't have that deep red face or permanent flush that some of us have. Do you think the v-beam sounds like the best way to go for me? I would be interested in some opinions. Do you think it would make sense to try v-beam as evidently it is the gentler approach? and then think about photoderm if the effects weren't satisfactory? thanks for any comments, advice, __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2002 Report Share Posted March 4, 2002 Hello , , Group: I've been wondering which treatment I would be the best candidate for. My rosacea is many spider veins on both cheeks with local or residual redness. If I flush (my cheeks blush sometimes; they have since I was a kid) then my cheeks get spots of color around these spider veins sometimes with small red bumps. Other people sometimes think I have a rash... I feel convinced that if I could just get rid of these damaged blood vessels I would solve most, if not all of my problem! I don't have that deep red face or permanent flush that some of us have. Do you think the v-beam sounds like the best way to go for me? I would be interested in some opinions. Do you think it would make sense to try v-beam as evidently it is the gentler approach? and then think about photoderm if the effects weren't satisfactory? thanks for any comments, advice, __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 2002 Report Share Posted March 4, 2002 Hello , , Group: I've been wondering which treatment I would be the best candidate for. My rosacea is many spider veins on both cheeks with local or residual redness. If I flush (my cheeks blush sometimes; they have since I was a kid) then my cheeks get spots of color around these spider veins sometimes with small red bumps. Other people sometimes think I have a rash... I feel convinced that if I could just get rid of these damaged blood vessels I would solve most, if not all of my problem! I don't have that deep red face or permanent flush that some of us have. Do you think the v-beam sounds like the best way to go for me? I would be interested in some opinions. Do you think it would make sense to try v-beam as evidently it is the gentler approach? and then think about photoderm if the effects weren't satisfactory? thanks for any comments, advice, __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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