Patent ID: 6106514
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A method of treating a patient to increase skin tone and reduce wrinkles, comprising the steps ofcontacting a patient's epidermis near an area to be treated with a laser energy transmissive contact element,providing laser energy having a wavelength ranging from 800 nanometers to 1.79 microns, a power ranging from 10 to 250 watts, and a pulse duration from 0.1 seconds to 0.5 seconds from a source thereof to the epidermis through said contact element,using said contact element to focus said laser energy below the epidermis such that fluence of said laser energy in the patient's dermis below the epidermis is greater than 100 J/cm.sup.2, andphotocoagulating the patient's upper dermis with said laser energy while avoiding damage to the epidermis.