The trend technologies of 2018. This was the aim of Lumenis Winter Meeting that was held in Rome on the last weekend. Dr. Montserrat Planas opened the meeting describing everything you can do with the platform M22 (IPL + Nd YAG laser + laser fractional non-ablative to 1565 nm), and after, I have described my decision-making algorithm (all about choosing filters, energies, impulse duration and de...

The 1st Congress of the Italian Society of Laser in Dermatology was held on 11 and 12 November 2017 in Bologna. My sincere congratulations to dr. Francesca Negosanti (President of Congress) (Dermatological Centre Bologna), which managed to put together so many speakers of very good level, very interesting topics and greatly organized the event. I was asked to describe the combined techniques in ...

It can be very particular to be the first to bring a new technology to a country. I went in the day in Hungary for the Workshop on the Ulthera sponsored by Merz. I explained how this method has had such a success, I described the technique and, finally, I showed some of my results. The audience of the only plastic surgeons (which I found out to be not more than 80 in that country) seemed to be v...

This year the DASIL caravan moved to Shanghai in China. From 24 to 28 October surgeons and dermatologists from all world gathered to share their experiences. A 13-hour flight brought me to Shanghai. I did just a quick shower and then I spent a whole day in a role of the chairman in the courses dedicated to the scars' treatment and lasers. I have rediscovered the effectiveness of the superficial ...

The beautiful auditorium of Planas Clinic in Barcelona has hosted the XVIII Course on Medical Surgical Laser. Sixty students and relationships of the really great value. I liked the report of Dr. Adriana Ribé on the skin rejuvenation using picosecond laser, and the capability of this laser to create little damage to the dermis (LIOB – Laser-induced optical breakdown) that is followed by the heal...

This year there was a huge amount of people on the usual and annual International Congress of Aesthetic Medicine in Milan. I felt like a spinning top that turned all around classrooms. I had two relationships on the first day, five on the second day and one on the third day. I also had an Advisory Board and a Workshop. To do more was practically impossible. I described my experience in the rejuv...

I have held a workshop on Ulthera, the microfocused ultrasound of Merz, during the ISAPS Course in Beirut. The equipment emits ultrasonic sounds which creates microscopic damage at the depth which is decided by the operator. I use depth of 4.5 and 3 mm to obtain a lifting result of the soft tissues of the face and neck (at this depth are respectively affected the muscle fascia and fibrous membra...

I moved to San Sebastian (a wonderful city on the Atlantic coast of Spain, also famous for its food) for the 3d Laser Medical Congress right after the EBA in Barcelona. Organizers, the Spanish distributor of Lumenis Reference Medical, dedicated a whole day to the equipment of Lumenis. It was just an interesting day. At the beginning engineer Constance Wittig described in an exemplary way the imp...

And after few days, I'm again in Barcelona. This time for the European Burn Association Meeting. Gerd Gauglitz (Munich – Germany) and I held a symposium on the treatment of burn scars with a fractional ultrapulsed CO2 laser. In the first part of the symposium prof. Gauglitz described the basic theory of the treatment and he also described many articles on this topic which are already present in ...

And again starts the Season of the Congress. Between the end of August and beginning of September in Barcelona was held the 8th 5 Continent Congress. On this European Congress come the most of laser experts more than on any other. This year I decided to do rather quickly touch-and-go looking forward to the future commitments that would have been waiting for me. I presented a study on the long-te...