Preliminary experience with a flashlamp-pulsed tunable dye laser for treatment of benign pigmented lesions.

The principle of selective photothermolysis has been extended from the treatment of vascular to benign pigmented lesions. Café au lait birthmarks, solar lentigines, and ephelides can now be removed with a new pulsed-dye laser, with a low risk of scarring or hypopigmentation.