Patient education
Q-Switched Laser: Guides
Twelve guides to planning a Q-switched laser course, from pigment selection and test spots to frosting, crusting, the risks in both directions, and the point at which the course should stop. Written for someone deciding, not someone studying.
All guides
12 guides
- Q-Switched Laser Candidacy: Which Pigment Belongs on This PlanCandidacy
- What a Nanosecond Pulse Changes About Your Session PlanPlanning
- Who Should Not Have Q-Switched Laser TreatmentCandidacy
- The Test Spot Before Pigment Laser TreatmentPreparation
- What a Q-Switched Laser Cannot DoLimits
- After a Q-Switched Session: Frosting, Crusting and the Weeks of FadingRecovery
- Q-Switched Laser Risks: Darkening, Lightening and BlisteringRisks
- Pigment the Laser Takes Away and Cannot Give BackRisks
- Alternatives to Q-Switched Laser Treatment, Including Leaving ItAlternatives
- Questions to Ask Before a Course of Q-Switched TreatmentDeciding
- What Q-Switched Treatment Costs in Sessions, Gaps and ReviewsCost and time
- When a Q-Switched Course Should Be Stopped, Not ExtendedRisks
Not sure whether your pigment belongs on this plan?
An assessment starts with what the patch actually is and how well it is likely to absorb the light. We will say plainly what a Q-switched course would change, what it cannot change, how many sessions it may take, and what we would advise instead if the honest answer is something else.