Treatment of widespread generalized congenital aberrant telangiectasia with a flashlight source

Abstract

Port wine stains have been in the past successfully treated with various different types of laser. Variable results have been achieved. Treatment programmes tend to be prolonged, which can cause considerable patient inconvenience in terms of posttreatment morbidity. This young man underwent successful treatment with the Photoderm VL with minimal posttreatment morbidity and therefore minimal disruption of his lifestyle. During the course of treatment as a result of the changing nature of his lesion due to response to treatment, different wavelength cut-off filters were required.