WHAT'S your diagnosis?

The answer is that the Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) was used for removing this telangiectasia. Our system is a fourth generation of IPL technology that is a long pulse system. The IPL used in our case has a wavelength of 572 nm and pulse duration of 55 milliseconds. The energy used for this patient was 36J/cm2, and the procedure was performed in 3 consecutive pulses. After one treatment session, the telangiectasia faded away nearly completely. Generally, telangiectasias is classified into four types: linear, arborizing, spider and punctiform, or papular. Linear and arborizing telangiectasias with the size of 0.1-1.0 mm in diameter, frequently occur on the face, particularly the nose, cheeks and the chin. Factors such as chronic sun exposure, hormones (in particular estrogen), pregnancy, physical stress and (rarely) genetic disorders are among the causes of telangiectasia (1). Please cite this article as follows: Barikbin B, Ayatollahi A, Hejazi S, Abaei HR. What is your diagnosis? J Lasers Med Sci. 2011;2 (3):129-30