At Health Counts we can treat a range of pigmented lesions using our Q-Switched Ruby laser, or in some cases our long pulsed Alexandrite laser.   The kind of lesions we can treat are brown (melanin) coloured, are high up in the skin surface, and are not raised. So for example, moles would not be suitable.

Typically, the type our lasers can remove are commonly known as age spots, liver spots, freckles, café au lait marks and solar lentigenes. These are all usually found on the face and hands or arms and legs and are a result of sun damage.  The method by which the laser removes the pigment is known as selective photothermolysis.  Essentially, this means that the light produced by the laser is at a wavelength which is preferentially absorbed by the melanin pigment in the lesion, causing it to heat up and break down within the skin, then peel off over subsequent days,  thus reducing its brown appearance.