Table 5.

Vascular lasers

Laser	Characteristics	Clinical indications
DYE laser	Liquid solution with a particular pigment (Rhodamine) contained in a cylindrical cell	Pws; facial telangiectasias; spider veins; pyogenic granulomas; Rosacea; pecilodermia of Civatte; cutaneous vascular ectasia
Nd: YAG laser	Crystal of aluminium garnet and yttrium doped with neodymium	Telangiectasias of face and legs, hemangioma, spider veins
Argon laser	Argon	Ruby angiomas, angiokeratomas, Kaposi’s sarcoma
Alexandrite laser	Alexandrite	Facial telangiectasias
Diode laser	Semiconductor diode	Telangiectasias
Holmium laser	Solid holmium	Telangiectasias
Krypton laser	Krypton gas	Pws
Ruby laser	Bar of synthetic ruby	Telangiectasia
Copper Vapor laser	Steam copper	Facial telangiectasias