Yegor Kolodchenko: Use of StarWalker MaQX for Treatment of Resistant PWS. A Case Presentation
Capillary malformations such as port wine stains (PWS) are very common aesthetic complaints among patients in dermatology clinics. Although there are no drugs or recommended approaches to removing them permanently, laser treatment, especially PDL, is the most effective in such cases. Unfortunately, sometimes we can’t achieve good aesthetic result even after dozens of treatments with vascular lasers. So we call it resistant PWS.
In our clinic we have various vascular lasers (1064 nm, 577 nm, IPL) to solve this problem, but it is still tricky to achieve good results because of the high risk of PIH, burns and scars.
At the same time, the QS laser is described to be the best choice for treatment of superficial vascular stains and melasma. For this reason we decided to try it with three patients with resistant PWS with different parameters. An especially interesting result in my opinion occurred during use of the gentle preset treatment program, which is usually used for Green Toning procedures. Pictures of the achieved results will be presented.