Meeting of the Dutch Society of Cosmetic Dermatology (Dutch Society of Cosmetic Dermatology) – Bussum – the Netherlands

Dutch dermatologists that practice Aesthetic Medicine have decided to unite in an association that periodically organizes conferences aimed to share the experiences. I was invited to one of these events to tell about my experience in the use of the picosecond laser Discovery Pico of Quanta System. I explained how it can be brilliantly used for removing tattoos and skin’s pigmentation, and,especially, how it can be used with the fractional handpiece in the acne scars’ treatment, facial rejuvena...
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PRS Korea 2018 (Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Meeting) and Discovery Pico User Meeting – Seoul – South Korea

A four-hours’ flight from Manila brought me to Seoul (South Korea), where I, first, participated in the User Meeting about the laser Discovery Pico of Quanta System, and then, I made a report to their National Congress of Plastic Surgery about the use of the same tool. The User Meeting was really well organized and, above all, very useful. Dr. Rho provided a scientific hypothesis on the basis of the new collagen’s formation after the treatment with fractional picosecond laser (the mechanical s...
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The 41st Annual Convention of the Philippine Dermatological Society – Manila – Philippines

The 41st annual Congress of the local Society of Dermatology was held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Manila from 7 to 9 November 2018. I arrived very late in the night before my intervention. I performed a keynote lecture on the use of the picosecond laser Discovery Pico in the treatment of various pathologies. This laser can be used both for the removal of tattoos and the skin blemishes and, in fractional a mode, for the treatment of the acne scars, scars in general and for the rejuvenation of th...
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Courses of Enermedica on Enerjet 2.0 – Rome and Milan – Italy

The corses were held on Saturday, 27 of October in halls of the Italian School of Aesthetic Medicine, in Rome, and on Sunday, 28 of October at the School of Aesthetic Medicine Agorà, in Milan. I described the theoretical assumptions and clinical applications of the new technology called Enerjet 2.0. The system allows introducing into the skin or under it any substance without the use of needles. The chosen material (usually hyaluronic acid) is inoculated through a high pressure, that pushes it...
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Consensus Meeting Guidelines, Laser Treatment, Dermatology – Milan – Italy

Finally, a small event with the aim of creating something valuable. The halls of the San Raffaele Hospital, in Milan, have hosted the first Consensus Meeting with the aim of developing the guidelines related to laser therapy in dermatology. There were covered such topics: simple lentigo, psoriasis, melasma, scars, rosacea, and vascular anomalies. Each session was opened with a review of the literature, which was followed by a report on the diagnosis and/or non-laser therapy, then, moving on to...
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20th International Congress of Aesthetic Medicine – Milan – Italy

Because of curiosity, I have read what I wrote last year for this Congress, and it seemed to me a “copy and paste” of what happened this year. The titles of the reports have been changed, but not their number. I had to run from one classroom to the other to comply with all the commitments made. I performed one report on the first day and four relations and a workshop on the second. Not satisfied I also left the studio opened in the early hours of the day to attempt to reduce the long waiting l...
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67th National Congress of the Italian Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – Rome – Italy

Also this year a very brief touch-and-go at the National Congress of SICPRE. In a mixed session about the aesthetic surgery and laser therapy, I described our work on the non-surgical reduction of fat using cryolipolysis. The data and assessments are very clear as they were obtained by using photographic equipment in 3D. Dr. Marcello Innocenti (Florence) performed a rather nice report, in which he described his trans-oral method to detach the palpebral retaining ligaments. I was very proud of ...
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The Present and the Future of the Photodynamic Therapy

On October 6, at the Paul VI Pastoral Center of  Brescia, was hold a nice little event about the use of photodynamic therapy. Prof. Calzavara Pinton was able to gather a group of colleagues who have described this type of therapy in all its aspects. In fact, topics ranged from the classic treatment of actinic keratosis’ treatment to skin cancer’s treatments, from the treatment of the inflammatory lesions to the infections’ treatment. I had to describe the photorejuvenation treatment (which I r...
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ASCD Meeting – Melbourne – Australia

I have spent 23 hours of flight to go, and 25 to return, but it was really worth this effort. Greg Goodman (he is the inventor of the acne outcomes’ classification which I use daily) has greatly organized a meeting of such a high scientific importance. I went to a nice Clinic in the suburbs of Melbourne (the Victorian Cosmetic Institute) the next day after my arrival in Melbourne. There I have been doing laser treatments with CO2 and using the M22 platform the whole day. The next day, I also h...
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Top 100+ meeting – San Sebastian-Spain

As usual, every year at early September, the Spanish distributor Lumenis has organized a user meeting in the aquarium of San Sebastian. This year, and for the first time, arrived also my wife, my son, Dr. Valerio Pedrelli and my assistant Elizabeth. There were so many reports, among them would like to highlight the report of prof. Nikola Zerbinati about the new equipment "ONDA", which uses microwaves to treat cellulite, and the report of prof. Donis Munoz about the negative reactions caused by...
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