Treatment Options For A Port-Wine Stain

Pulsed Dye Laser Treatment

First developed in the 1980s, pulsed dye laser treatment is typically the preferred method for the removal of a port-wine stain. Tiny laser beams are fired at the blood vessels in the affected area, and this causes the vessels to seal. Most patients need six sessions of pulse dye laser treatment over a year, and the treatment has a success rate of more than seventy-five percent. While successful treatment initially makes the port-wine stain significantly lighter, the skin in the affected area could occasionally return to a darker color after ten years. The highest success rates with pulsed dye laser are seen when it is used on pale pink port-wine stains, usually very early in a child's life. As the stains darken to purple with age, this form of laser treatment is less successful.

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