Treatment of hemangioma simplex using dye laser is recently accepted generally for the excellent effect.
Since september 1988, we have been treating hemangioma simplex using dye laser (Candela Model SPTL-1) and the results are so far satisfactory.
Though the results are usually evaluated subjectively by patient or physician or both, we applied the Chroma-meter (Minolta CR200) to evaluate the effects of dye laser by the color differences between normal skin (control) and treated site measured before and after the irradiation.
The Chroma-meter revealed very useful in objective evaluation of this treatment.
