Birthmarks treatment
Traditional treatments
Conventional cosmetic surgery can be performed on large moles and birth marks but such removal carries the same risks associated with any surgical proceedure. The can include bleeding, infection and scarring. Cryosurgery is another treatment that can be used on birthmarks. An in-office procedure, the mechanism of destruction is necrosis, which results from the freezing and thawing of the pigmented skin cells that make up the birthmark.
Laser treatment
Fotona's Nd:YAG family of lasers can be used to successfully treat non-vascular birthmarks such a coffee-cream discolourations. The laser light is absorbed by the melanin pigment in the birthmark and becomes scattered within the skin's tissues. The rest is done by the body's own immune system as the skin's cleansing cells, called "macro-phages," digest the excess pigment and clear it from the area.
Most coffee-cream birthmarks can be eliminated completely by laser treatment. The proceedure is performed in a surgical suite or office, is quick, usually requires no anesthesia and has a rapid healing time.