Treating conditions like rosacea and broken capillaries.
Rosacea is a long-term skin condition that mainly affects the central face, often showing up as redness, flushing, visible blood vessels, and sometimes acne-like bumps. Some people also experience burning, stinging, dryness, or eye irritation. It’s not contagious or dangerous, but it can be uncomfortable and affect confidence.
Treatment goals: There’s no cure for rosacea, but it can be controlled with the right care. The aim is to calm inflammation, reduce redness, and prevent flare-ups. Because symptoms differ from person to person, treatment is tailored to your specific type and triggers.
Everyday care: The first step is to identify and avoid things that make rosacea worse. Common triggers include sunlight, hot or spicy foods, alcohol, stress, and temperature extremes. Keeping a “trigger diary” helps spot patterns. Gentle skincare is key—use mild cleansers, avoid scrubbing, skip harsh products (like toners or alcohol-based lotions), and moisturize daily with products labeled for sensitive skin. Sunscreen (SPF 30 or higher) every day is essential.
Treatment options:
- For redness: Prescription creams like brimonidine or oxymetazoline can temporarily shrink blood vessels and reduce facial flushing for several hours. Laser or light treatments can also help fade persistent redness and visible veins.
- For bumps and pimples: Topical medications such as metronidazole, ivermectin, or azelaic acid often help mild cases. More severe forms may need oral antibiotics or other anti-inflammatory medicines.
- For burning or stinging: Calming the skin with gentle care and sometimes medications like ivermectin or low-dose doxycycline can ease these symptoms.
- For eye involvement: Warm compresses, lid cleaning, and prescription eye drops or oral antibiotics may be needed—an eye doctor can help manage this.
- For thickened skin (usually on the nose): Laser or minor surgery can smooth and reshape affected areas.
Special cases: Children, pregnant individuals, or those with darker skin tones may need adjusted treatments to ensure safety and avoid irritation or discoloration.
Bottom line: With consistent care, most people can control rosacea and keep flare-ups mild. A personalized plan that combines gentle skin habits, trigger management, and the right medical treatments can make a big difference—helping you feel more comfortable and confident in your skin.
Laser treatments are now a routine procedure for the removal of many types of vascular lesions, including hemangiomas, vascular malformations such as port-wine stains, telangiectasias, venous lakes, and angiomas.
The Perfect Vascular Solution
Long-pulse Nd: YAG lasers offer the perfect solution for treating vascular lesions. Fotona’s long-pulse Nd: YAG lasers penetrate to a depth of 5-6 mm into the skin, allowing for highly effective treatments. Independent research shows that over 75% of patients with deep hemangiomas that are treated with Nd: YAG lasers see a dramatic regression in the lesion.
Fotona offers a range of systems with long-pulse Nd:YAG, such as the XP Dynamis, XP Spectro and XP Focus, that are perfect for the treatment of vascular lesions. In addition, the multi-wavelength QX MAX system with Q-switched KTP is also an ideal platform for the removal of vascular as well as pigmented lesions.
Safe, Effective and Minimally Invasive
The targeted chromophore for vascular lesions is intravascular oxyhemoglobin; thus, thermal damage is largely restricted to cutaneous blood vessels. The energy from the laser is absorbed by the blood in the vein, converted into heat, and the vein walls are subsequently destroyed. In comparison with other wavelengths, which mainly affect the surface layers of a lesion, Nd:YAG light also targets the underlying vascular feeding system, which is important for ensuring the long-term efficacy the treatment. This process is perfectly safe as other healthy veins supply blood to the treated area and the body’s immune system clears away the dead tissue just as with a bruise.
MCNYC Medspa, offers advanced laser treatments using state-of-the-art Fotona technology, including the StarWalker® and SP Dynamis systems. The Fotona StarWalker® laser is a highly versatile system that treats acne scars, pigmentation, and vascular issues and is also one of the most effective tattoo removal lasers available. It combines four different laser wavelengths and 15 treatment modes, allowing for personalized care that adapts to each patient’s skin. Its groundbreaking ASP (Adaptive Structured Pulse) technology adjusts the laser energy for optimal precision and safety, while the MaQX pulse feature delivers powerful bursts of energy that break apart unwanted pigment without harming surrounding skin. This results in faster, gentler, and more effective treatments with minimal downtime.
The StarWalker® comes in two models—the high-performance StarWalker® QX and the more advanced StarWalker® MaQX—for a wide range of aesthetic needs. MCNYC Medspa also features the Fotona SP Dynamis laser, a comprehensive platform that performs both aesthetic and medical treatments. It combines two complementary laser wavelengths: Nd:YAG for deeper skin rejuvenation, hair removal, and acne therapy, and Er:YAG for precise surface resurfacing that smooths skin texture and tone.
This dual-laser system can address everything from skin tightening and scar reduction to surgical and gynecological procedures, offering non-invasive, comfortable treatments with quick recovery times. With customizable settings, advanced technology, and exceptional versatility, Fotona lasers at MCNYC Medspa provide powerful, precise, and safe solutions for a wide range of cosmetic and medical skin concerns.