Port wine stains, spider naevi, venous malformations and cherry angiomata are all skin lesions that have a larger number and/or size of blood vessels.

The Pulsed Dye Laser selectively targets specific blood vessels. These blood vessels are coagulated or “damaged” and then reabsorbed by the body during the natural healing process. The sensation is a very short sting, the intensity varying with the sensitivity of the site. Continue reading →

Melanin gives skin its colour, so pigmented lesions that are darker in colour have larger amounts of melanin concentrated in one area of the skin. This high concentration of melanin can be due to various factors, some are present at birth, but most occur with age or as a result of overexposure to sunlight. Continue reading →