
What is Laser Therapy?
Laser stand for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation; and is an electronic device that emits radiation. Over the years, lasers have been developed for uses other than science.
Different types of laser therapy include:
Laser Eye Surgery - this helps correct bad vision.
Laser Hair Removal - this eliminates unwanted hair.
Laser Lipolysis - to remove excess fatty tissue in the areas that are normally resistant to dieting and physical exercise.
Laser Smoking Cessation - to help you quite smoking.
Laser Tattoo Removal - a treatment to remove tattoos.
Laser Snoring Treatment- this could cure chronic snoring in a matter of minutes.
Laser Mole Removal - this treatment removes unwanted moles and pre-cancerous lesions.
Laser Skin Resurfacing - a vast treatment that can reduce many skin problems such as wrinkles and scar removal, usually with minimal or no damage to deeper skin tissue.
Thread Veins - this removes enlarged or overgrown blood vessels.
There are a number of different types of lasers including:
Fractional Laser - this laser erases freckles, age spots, wrinkles, sun-damaged skin, scars and treats rosacea.
ReLume - this is a stretch mark and re-pigmentation treatment.
Pulsed Dye Lasers - to remove Port wine birthmarks as well as spider veins.
Yag Lasers - these lasers treat a variety of different skin conditions using a crystal made of Yttrium Aluminium Garnet (YAG).
CO2 Laser (Carbon Dioxide Laser) - this is used to re-surface sun-damaged, scarred or wrinkled skin.
Ruby Laser - this is one of the first laser treatments for hair removal.
Alexandrite Laser - this is used for hair removal.
Diode Laser - this is a hair removal treatment.
Nd: Yag (Neodymium) – this laser is used for treating deeper or larger blood vessels, thread veins and birthmarks or skin discolorations.
IPL (Impulse Light Laser) - this type of laser has many uses including hair removal, thread vein removal and skin rejuvenation.
YAG Laser - this laser treats wrinkles, tightens the skin, treats sun-damaged skin, removes