Fig. 1   A five-day-old bruise (Figure 1) on the right popliteal fossa, pretreatment.
Photo: Kevin C. Smith, M.D.

Fig. 2 The bruise (Figure 2) 24 hours post-treatment. Treatment types were, clockwise from upper left: 1064 nm Nd:YAG laser, intense pulsed light, control no treatment, and 532 nm KTP laser. Impressive clearing is evident in the KTP-treated quadrant. Photo: Kevin C. Smith, M.D.

Fig. 3   One hour after the entire bruise (Figure 3) was treated with 532 nm KTP laser, 24 hours after initial treatment.
Photo: Kevin C. Smith, M.D.

Fig. 4   A three-day-old traumatic bruise (Figure 4) on the right arm, pretreatment.
Photo: Jeremy Green, M.D.

Fig. 5  The traumatic bruise (Figure 5) one day status post-treatment with KTP laser 7 J/cm2 versus 14 J/cm2. Clearing seen at both settings.
Photo: Jeremy Green, M.D.