In 1979 an argon laser was used for tattoo removal in 28 patients, with limited success.
Cauterizing can be done with a cautery unit or an argon laser.
A decade ago the argon laser was hailed as a 'new ray of hope for portwine stains.'
Regarded as untreatable before the advent of the argon laser, these stains almost always have a devastating effect on the person's quality of life.
Although the argon laser offered the best available treatment for a time, newer lasers have now superseded it.
The argon laser is one of a family of ion lasers that use a noble gas as the active medium.
The argon laser was invented by William Bridges in 1964.
Kenneth Arndt successfully treated facial angiofibroma with an argon laser.
Conventional halogen bulbs, argon lasers and xenon arc lights are currently used in clinical practice.
A technician pressed his face against the rubber eyepiece of a microscope attached to an argon laser.