title: Preliminary experience with a flashlamp-pulsed tunable dye laser for treatment of benign pigmented lesions.
abstract: The principle of selective photothermolysis has been extended from the treatment of vascular to benign pigmented lesions. Café au lait birthmarks, solar lentigines, and ephelides can now be removed with a new pulsed-dye laser, with a low risk of scarring or hypopigmentation.
authors.affiliation: Belle Meade Dermatology and Laser Surgery Clinic, Nashville, Tennessee 37205.
authors.forename: T W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Day
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Pardue
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005148:Facial Dermatoses / Q000532:radiotherapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D007911:Lentigo / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000532:radiotherapy*