| These are excellent news in the health field, which revolutionizes the way to combat one of the most persistent enemies of the nails.
HELIOS II has been approved already by the FDA. Among its many uses is especially recommended for the treatment of onychomycosis.
The Helios II is a Q-switched Nd:YAG Laser who has a 90% effective therapy for fungal infections of the fingernails and toenails.
What is Onychomycosis?
Fungal infections are mostly caused by dermatophytes (Trichophyton rubrum especially) and Candida. Onychomycosis has been traditionally treated with antifungal drugs, which involves long therapies and have many adverse effects. Not all patients can perform this treatment and a there is a relapse rate of 60%.
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How the HELIOS II Laser interacts with fungus in the nails?
Trichophyton rubrum has melanin in their cell walls. The Helios II laser transmits a luminous energy that is strongly absorbed by the melanin in the fungus.
The process iss called selective Photo-thermolysis, the action by which an organic or inorganic material selectively absorbs luminous energy. Due to this selective thermal action, destruction of the fungus without skin damage is produced.
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The Helios II Laser also has specific indication for the treatment of pigmented lesions which are very difficult to solve such as melasma and post inflammatory hyperpigmentation. Also tattoos can be removed without damage to the skin.
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Differences between Helios II and other laser technologies:
HELIOS II has been designed from the ground up to be a Microfractional Diffractive laser system.
The technology has a worldwide patent which has been established back in 2009 by the company LASEROPTEK Co. LTD. The core of the technology combines a state of the art Q-switch Nd:YAG Laser system with a Diffractive Optical Element (DEO) which makes sure that the matrix of 81 microbeams hits the skin homogeneously and with high pulse to pulse energy stability.
HELIOS II allows us to treat safely and effectively onychomycosis on feets and hand nails without colateral damage on surrounding noble tissues.
Since 2011 to date, the Hoogstra Medical Center 300 patients have treated their onychomycosis with this technology. Overall we achieved a 90% success rate. Over the last months, more and more centers are incorporating the HELIOS II technology to treat this and other type of lesions.
During the treatment the laser beam produces a slow and increasing heat of the nail bed. This effect cause fungus destruction without damaging the nail matrix or the skin. All the patients we treat with this technology are treated with the Q-switched pulse which increases temperatura slowly.
We believe slow heating of the nail bed has a better effect than a quick heating as one gets by using a long pulse We only use long pulse when we see that the nail has a severe hyper keratosis and after performing a short pulse treatment.
After the first session the patient feels relieved from pain immediately and notice that the overall aspect of the nail has improved. |
