What is the Candela GentleLASE Laser and why is it a safe treatment?
The GentleLASE system, a revolutionary long-pulse high energy alexandrite laser emits a gentle beam of light that passes through the skin to the hair follicle where it is absorbed. The laser energy is transformed into heat which destroys the hair follicle leaving the surrounding skin unaffected.

The skin is further proteced during treatment by a Dynamic Cooling Device where cryogen is sprayed onto the skin cooling the upper layers and providing patients with increased comfort. The gentleLASE selectivity helps to protect the skin, while effectively treating the unwanted hair.

VBeam
The Candela VBeam laser is specially designed to produce an intense but gentle burst of laser light that is optimized to treat vascular lesions. The treatment is safer than traditional methods because of its unique ability to selectively treat the blood vessels of a vascular lesion without adversely affecting the surrounding tissue. Thus, it will eliminate many lesions while leaving the surrounding skin and skin pigment intact. In fact, the laser is so safe and effective that it is recommended for the treatment of infants as young as a few weeks old.
  
Reports on results after treatment of Vascular Lesions with VBeam

"The pulsed laser has a well documented history of safety and efficacy making it gold-standard laser treatment for cutaneous vascular lesions."

Roy Geronemus, M.D. Director Laser & Skin Surgery Center of NY

"After using multiple laser technologies over the past 15 years, nothing matches the pulsed dye laser for consistency, safety and efficacy in treating cutaneous vascular lesions."

Gary Lask, M.D. Clinical Professor and Director Dermatology Surgery & Dermatology Laser Center UCLA School of Medicine

Patients treated with Vbeam found the treatment less painful than existing pusled dye lasers, and the majority of patients experienced no post-operative purpura."

Steven J. Ugent, MD Assistant Professor of Dermatology Boston University School of Medicine

"We chose the long pulsed dye laser as the first laser at our center because of the great variety of vascular lesions and leg veins that can be treated successfully."

Laura A. King, MD Preferred Dermatology Los Altimos and Lakewood, California

"It has been shown that the long-pulse dye laser produced better cosmetic improvement of leg telangiectasia than the competitive 532nm YAG laser systems."

Michael S. Clinton, MD Clinton Plastic Surgery Clinic Mountain Brook, Alabama.