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What
is PORT WINE STAIN :
Port wine stain is a congenital vascular lesion.Another name
for port wine stain is nevus flammeus. Port wine
stain is an irregularly shaped vascular malformation with
prominent deep layer dermal blood vessels that are oftentimes
present at birth and essentially do not disappear with time.
Generally, the malformation is confined to the skin. The color
of the port wine stain varies in hue from pink to red to purple.
The shape is irregular and generally the distribution is unilateral.
Most commonly, the face is involved but it may indeed incur
at any cutaneous site.
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TREATMENT
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The mainstay of therapy for port wine stains in todays
medical environment is the Candela flash lamp pulse dye laser,
which is specifically designed to treat vessels in the epidermis
and dermis of children and adults with port wine stains. The
fancy nomenclature for laser treatment of port wine stains
is selective photo thermal lysis, which simply
means that the laser will specifically treat the dilated vessels
and not injure the surrounding epidermis, dermis, and soft
tissue structures other than the vessels. Candela pulse dye
laser treatment of port wine stains typically requires several
sessions, usually anywhere from one and ten. Treatment for
port wine stains first requires performing a laser response
test, which determines the efficacy and response of an individuals
tissue to the laser. Several energy levels are tested and
evaluated approximately six weeks later.It is of significant
advantage to treat early on for a number of reasons; specifically,
the port wine stain is not hypertrophied, not as well matured,
and not as prominent.
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