title: Past, present, and future: vascular lasers/light devices.
abstract: Vascular lasers were among the first available cutaneous light-based technologies. The past 20 years has seen a variety of safe and effective laser and light-based vascular treatment devices. This article provides a review of the medical and scientific literature, which concludes that newer lasers have led to increasing success and safety in the treatment of cutaneous vascular lesions.
authors.affiliation: Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, and Department of Dermatology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10022, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bucci
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D005544:Forecasting; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D010789:Phototherapy / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D019339:Port-Wine Stain / Q000628:therapy; D017445:Skin Diseases, Vascular / Q000628:therapy*; D013684:Telangiectasis / Q000628:therapy