Conference Expert laser meeting 2017

Kyiv hosted the main conference of the Association of Laser Medicine and Cosmetology – EXPERT LASER MEETING. This conference  is the only independent specialized event in Ukraine dedicated to laser and hardware techniques in medicine. This year the event brought together more than 180 participants from Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus, Armenia, Russia, Slovenia, Great Britain: dermatologists, surgeons, ophthalmologists, gynecologists, distributors of medical equipment and drugs, representatives of specialized media and publishing houses.

About Expert laser meeting 2017

The central event of the year in the field of laser medicine was supported by: General Partner – Lascos company, official partners – companies "MedExim", Allergan, Starlit Group,  "SportMedImport",  "Aesthetic Service", "Deca", Ukrainian Aesthetics, ТМ IDS, Nora Bode, Syneron-Candela, Neauvia, Medic8, Novus Concept; media partners – NGO "All-Ukrainian Alliance of Ophthalmologists", Institute of Dermatocosmetology Olga Bogomolets, Academy of Professional Training of Beauty Industry Specialists Anna Funikova, Aesthetic Consilium Group, estet-portal.com, beautyiproff.com, Medichna Mediyna Agency, Publishing House "Medkniga", Publishing House "Zaslavsky" ;, ID " Professional publications, magazines «Cosmetologist» and "Dermatovenereology and Cosmetology".

At the request of doctors, a large session was created dedicated to the treatment of blood vessels.

A very topical issue is the removal of vascular neoplasms (hemangiomas) in both adults and children. Experts shared their experience of working with vessels: Egor Kolodchenko, Ekaterina Glagoleva, Anna Funikova, Alla Korniyuk, Alexander Bidakov, Sergey Voronovsky, Firas Al-Niaimi. Dr. Voronovsky also spoke about the novelties that doctors use to treat blood vessels in the legs, showed special gadgets for convenience during sclerotherapy.

In the session «Tattoos, tattoos, pigments – new deletion options» foreign colleagues  Zdenko Visintin (Slovenia) and Firas Al-Niami (Great Britain) spoke about new developments  for tattoo removal and tattooing – picosecond lasers. Zdenko Visintin presented the latest studies comparing picosecond and nanosecond lasers, and from which it is clear that they give the same result, but the difference in cost & nbsp; of these devices is significant.

In the session "Removal of Neoplasms" a novelty was the report by Natalia Gaidash (Russia) on the use of photodynamic therapy for the treatment of skin neoplasms. She said that the therapy gives very good results, is non-traumatic and does not have a rehabilitation period, this is a novelty, and no one has done it in Ukraine yet. The session also shared their experience with Ukrainian doctors – Egor Kolodchenko, Svetlana Dyachuk, Artem Taran.

The session on combining techniques in skin rejuvenation and dermal remodeling aroused great interest. Dermatologists Natalia Gaidash, Maria Trifonova, Olga Rymarenko, Maria Sergeeva talked about combining injection methods of aesthetic medicine (biorevitalization, volume modeling with fillers), threadlifting with laser and RF methods. And plastic surgeons Pavel Denishchuk and Sergey Derbak – about combining lasers and surgical techniques.

The speakers of the session «Laser – as an alternative solution to standard medical problems. 

Dermatologist Egor Kolodchenko spoke about the possibilities of laser acne treatment, plastic surgeon Sergei Voronovsky shared his experience in laser resurfacing of post-acne scars. Dermatologist Vasily Baetul spoke about the tandem of a dermatologist and a podologist to achieve a quick positive result in the treatment of onychomycosis. Surgeon Andrei Ostrovsky announced the data of the Coherent clinic on the effectiveness of laser snoring correction. Gynecologist Galina Petrenko shared her results of solving the problem of stress urinary incontinence in women using a laser, provided a treatment protocol and rules for selecting patients. A great and interesting discovery was the reports of ophthalmologists professors Oksana Vitovskaya, Stanislav Saxonov and Mikhail Bely about the nuances of using a laser in ophthalmology,

LasrTestDrive, divided into thematic blocks, has become a very successful innovation this year.

This opportunity to compare several lasers from different manufacturers on one patient at once and test it personally, as well as learn about the experience of the pros, was highly appreciated by our doctors. In addition, only this conference provided an opportunity to compare the first two lasers in Ukraine from the world's leading manufacturers StarWalker (Fotona) and PicoWay (Candela), operating in the picosecond range.

Such a practical presentation of lasers officially presented in Ukraine, assembled in one hall, became possible thanks to the current program and the efforts of our partners, who were able to provide lasers and devices for the first LaserTestDrive in Ukraine.

Thanks to all partners, speakers and participants of the

Association for Laser Medicine and Cosmetology EXPERT LASER MEETING 2017. We look forward to your feedback and suggestions on the next event and see you at EXPERT LASER MEETING 2018!