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Treatment of ochre dermatitis and scars after vascular surgery with QS and picosecond lasers: ACROMA-QS® and handPICO®

Dra. Maria Natalia Jorro

Dermatology specialist, Argentina

This is a treatment report carried out by the Dermatology specialist Dra. Maria Natalia Jorro Ciuffo, from Villa Mercedes, San Luis, Argentina, using the ETHEREA-MX® platform, with the ACROMA-QS® and IhandPICO® handpieces.

Treatment:

• Ochre dermatitis is an inflammatory process in the skin, which generates a brownish color due to the accumulation of hemosiderin in the area. Its presence is associated with vascular disease.

• For the treatment of ocher dermatitis, lasers with a Q-Switched (nanoseconds) and picoseconds pulse time, promote a photomechanical interaction of the light with the tissue. They mechanically disrupt the pigment, with high energy, without major thermal damage. Using both pulse times allows for a more refined result, with less risk.

• The ACROMA-QS® and handPICO® handpieces work with wavelengths 1064nm and 532nm, both have several spots and are compatible with the ETHEREA-MX® and ZYE® platforms. While Acroma-QS® has a pulse time in nanoseconds (20ns), handPICO®, the world's first picosecond handpiece, operates in picoseconds (530ps) and nanoseconds (2.5ns) and has, among the available spots, a microfractionated ( MLA), allowing the treatment of patients with different skin types, with safely and effectively.

• Dr. Natalia performed 4 sessions, 30 days apart, the first 2 with ACROMA-QS ® and the others with handPICO®. She opted for QS pulse time in the 3rd session (associating 1064nm with 532nm, 1 pass of each) and changed it to picoseconds in the following session (accumulating 2000 shots).

Check out the result:

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