Port-Wine Stains Treatment
Can this condition be treated? What Port-Wine Stains treatment options are available? Learn more below about the current treatments available to patients.
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How to Treat Port-Wine Stains
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Treatment options include:
Lasers
Lasers destroy the tiny blood vessels in the port-wine stain. Risks of treatments include scarring and skin lightening or darkening.
Flash-lamp Pumped Pulse Dye Laser
Flash-lamp pumped pulse dye laser is considered the treatment of choice for port-wine stains. The laser is directed to the blood vessel. Multiple treatments may be necessary. To decrease pain associated with laser treatment, topical or local anesthesia may be used. Systemic anesthesia may be used in infants.
Other Treatments
Other treatment options include freezing, surgery, tattooing, and radiation, but these have had limited success. Lasers have replaced many of these treatments. New, promising laser options are being studied.
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