Laser treatment method for removing pigement containing lesions from the skin of a living human
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1. A laser treatment method for removing pigment containing lesions from the skin of a living human, said method comprising the steps of:
- irradiating on a first occasion a chosen treatment site on the skin of a living subject of about 1-100 millimeters in diameter with a beam of pulsed light from a laser delivery system, said pulsed light having a wavelength from about 700-1,100 nanometers, fluences of about 1-50 Joules per square centimeter, and a pulse duration of about 1-300 nanoseconds;
maintaining said irradiation to disrupt at least one pigment containing lesion on the chosen treatment site on the skin of the living human until a color change endpoint on the skin surface is achieved by said laser light treatment while largely avoiding the destruction of normal skin structures and cells;
allowing the skin at said irradiated treatment site to heal for a time period not less than about 7 days and not more than about 70 days; and
thenirradiating on at least one subsequent occasion the chosen treatment site on the skin of the living human with another pulsed beam of laser light having a wavelength from about 700-1,100 nanometers, fluences of about 1-50 Joules per square centimeter, and a pulse duration of about 1-300 nanoseconds, said subsequent irradiation occasion being repeated as necessary to achieve substantial clearance of the chosen treatment site on the skin.
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Abstract
A laser treatment method is provided which removes pigment containing lesions, both normal and abnormal medically, from the skin of a living human. The methodology comprises a carefully controlled irradiation of the chosen treatment site on the skin of a living human; avoids the creation of cosmetically disfiguring scars; and eliminates the typical hypopigmentation as well as the pitting and other changes in skin texture normally accompanying conventionally known laser treatment techniques.
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1. A laser treatment method for removing pigment containing lesions from the skin of a living human, said method comprising the steps of:
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irradiating on a first occasion a chosen treatment site on the skin of a living subject of about 1-100 millimeters in diameter with a beam of pulsed light from a laser delivery system, said pulsed light having a wavelength from about 700-1,100 nanometers, fluences of about 1-50 Joules per square centimeter, and a pulse duration of about 1-300 nanoseconds; maintaining said irradiation to disrupt at least one pigment containing lesion on the chosen treatment site on the skin of the living human until a color change endpoint on the skin surface is achieved by said laser light treatment while largely avoiding the destruction of normal skin structures and cells; allowing the skin at said irradiated treatment site to heal for a time period not less than about 7 days and not more than about 70 days; and
thenirradiating on at least one subsequent occasion the chosen treatment site on the skin of the living human with another pulsed beam of laser light having a wavelength from about 700-1,100 nanometers, fluences of about 1-50 Joules per square centimeter, and a pulse duration of about 1-300 nanoseconds, said subsequent irradiation occasion being repeated as necessary to achieve substantial clearance of the chosen treatment site on the skin. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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2. A laser treatment method for removing pigment containing lesions from the skin of a living human, said method comprising the steps of:
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irradiating on a first occasion a chosen treatment site on the skin of a living subject of about 1-100 millimeters in diameter with a beam of pulsed light from a laser delivery system, said pulsed light having a wavelength from about 700-1,100 nanometers, fluences of about 1-50 Joules per square centimeter, and a pulse duration of about 1-300 nanoseconds; maintaining said irradiation to disrupt at least one pigment containing lesion on the chosen treatment site on the skin of the living human until a color change endpoint on the skin surface is achieved by said laser light treatment while largely avoiding the destruction of normal skin structures and cells; allowing the skin at said irradiated treatment site to heal for a time period not less than about 7 days and not more than about 70 days; and
thenirradiating on multiple subsequent occasions the chosen treatment site on the skin of the living human with another pulsed beam on laser light having a wavelength from about 700-1,100 nanometers, fluences of about 1-50 Joules per square centimeter, and a pulse duration of about 1-300 nanoseconds, said subsequent irradiation occasion being repeated as necessary to achieve substantial clearance of the chosen treatment site on the skin.
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