Laser surgery is the application of modern laser technology generating a narrow beam of intense laser light to be used to precisely remove damaged or diseased skin cells in tiny layers. This delicate vaporisation of very fine layers of skin allows accurate and effective lesion removal with rapid healing and minimal down time.
Different lasers are employed to best effect, depending upon the precise nature of the problem being treated.
Erbium laser
The ability of the Erbium laser to provide precise cell removal with minimal peripheral damage allows this laser to be used to surgically remove many unwanted skin growths and even superficial skin cancers, with minimal down time and very low risk of any scar or mark with healing. The Erbium laser is ideal to precisely remove the early skin cancer changes of the lips (so common in New Zealand) known as actinic cheilitis.
The ability to sculpt the skin surface and tighten skin makes it an ideal laser to use to recontour the skin surface and remove and remodel skin scarring, including severe acne scarring.
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Carbon dioxide laser
The Carbon dioxide (CO2) laser may be used to precisely excise and remove unwanted skin growths, in particular, troublesome warts or verrucas of fingers, feet and elsewhere on the body. This procedure is particularly useful for deep, longstanding verrucas of the sole of the foot. This laser is also used to reshape swollen nose tissue, known as rhinophyma, which can occur in people who suffer from rosacea.
CO2 laser surgery uses laser light to cut away and vaporise unwanted skin tissue. This process creates a superficial to deep wound in the skin, depending upon the depth of the problem being treated. The wound will require daily dressings until the skin has healed. If tissue removal needs to occur at depth, for instance in the removal of a deep verruca, the skin may heal with a scar.
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