Spots / Pigmentation
Brown skin lesions have various origins: birthmarks, beauty spots, liver or age spots (café au lait), and pigmentation that darkens with age and sometimes becomes rough textured. A medical evaluation is important to determine the exact nature since certain cancerous and precancerous lesions are brown or can darken.
At Dr. Andrée Mathieu Serra Clinic, you will be evaluated by a dermatologist specializing in skin disorders and disease. The lasers on site provide provide effective and safe treatment for many pigmentation spots. The types of laser known as Krypton and Q-Switched Nd-YAG can be calibrated to emit a green wavelength that is absorbed by melanin, the skin's brown pigment. Destruction of the brown lesions follows, with no damage to other skin elements.
Is it painful?
Most people can tolerate the slight burning sensation during treatment.
A local anesthesia will be used if needed.
After treatment?
A light greying will appear and a thin crust will form on the surface of
the lesion. There is no need to suspend normal activity.
Are several treatments necessary?
Depending on the quantity of melanin and the depth of the lesion, 1 to 3
treatments will be necessary at 6 to 8 week intervals.