Melanie Schulz: Fractional Qs KTP for Melasma
The treatment of melasma remains challenging. There are numerous treatment options, including topical agents, chemical peels and laser treatments. In addition to the full-beam Nd:YAG Q-switched laser treatment, fractional laser therapy could be a gentle way of reducing pigments as well as the vascular involvement of melasma. The new FS50B handpiece for Fotona’s QX MAX KTP (532nm) laser has been used to reduce melasma in patients.
The advantage of a fractional laser treatment can be seen in a more gentle way of treatment with less downtime, leaving the surrounded tissue unaffected or only minimally affected by the laser treatment. There is only slight redness of the laser-treated skin observed after a short period of time. Side effects such as postinflammatory hyperpigmentation after laser treatment as well as punctate leukoderma should be reduced with the FS50B handpiece.