What is the Flashlamp Pulsed Dye Laser?
The Flashlamp Pulsed Dye Laser is a device that emits a tiny, but powerful pulse of light that is absorbed by the pigment within the red blood cells of the wart. The light is generated when the lasing medium, a concentrated dye, is stimulated by a flashlamp energy source. This light is then directed at the wart using a pencil-like hand piece. The wart’s nutritional blood flow is cut off by the absorption of this light. The laser also obliterates the virus at the base of the membrane. Recalcitrant Warts are best treated by the Flashlamp Pulsed Dye Laser. Te majority of recalcitrant warts will succumb to the pulsed dye laser therapy. Warts referred to as recalcitrant are those warts which have proven to be extremely difficult to remove by other methods, and which persist in returning after other removal treatments. Also in this category are periungual warts (located under or around the nail bed), palmar warts and plantar verrucae (warts located on the soles of the foot). Treatment The Fl
