Does a clinic need both DPL Elite and Pro 1 Pico for vascular work?

To cover the whole category, yes. DPL Elite treats the diffuse field efficiently; Pro 1 Pico’s long-pulse 1064 nm engine treats defined and deeper vessels. Many clinics start with one, based on which presentation they see most, and add the other as the vascular menu grows.

What vascular concerns can be treated?

Diffuse facial redness, flushing, rosacea-associated redness, facial telangiectasia, spider-type vessels and selected leg veins, matched to the right platform by depth and diameter. The provider determines suitability, and results vary with the patient and the course.

Is DPL better than IPL for vascular treatment?

DPL Elite’s narrowband filter ranges give the provider more control over which wavelengths reach a vascular target than a single broad-spectrum output. The comparison guides linked on this page set out the differences.

Can vascular treatment be done on darker skin?

Pro 1 Pico’s long-pulse 1064 nm engine sits on a platform used across Fitzpatrick I–VI with appropriate parameters; DPL Elite supports treatment planning across Fitzpatrick I–V with conservative settings where appropriate. Patient selection remains the provider’s call.

Where does hemosiderin staining fit?

Hemosiderin staining is the discoloration left behind when iron pigment remains after vessels leak, rather than a vascular target itself, and it has its own application page. It often appears in the same leg-vein patient, which is another reason the vascular and pigment menus belong on one platform.

Treatment

Vascular Concerns

Vascular concerns span diffuse redness and individual visible vessels. DPL Elite handles broad superficial field treatment, while Pro 1 Pico long-pulse 1064 nm extends the menu into selected deeper and more defined vascular targets.

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What vascular laser equipment does a clinic need?

A complete vascular menu needs two capabilities: field treatment for diffuse redness and precise treatment for individual vessels. DPL Elite covers the field with narrowband filtered light across a 15 × 50 mm window, and Pro 1 Pico’s long-pulse 1064 nm engine covers defined facial vessels, spider veins and deeper targets. Together they cover the whole category from two devices.

Who asks for vascular concerns treatment

“Vascular” is the clinic’s word; patients say redness, broken capillaries, spider veins, flushing, a red nose, a vein on the leg. Taken together it is one of the largest and most under-served categories in aesthetics, because most practices own equipment for only half of it — a light platform that handles the field but not the vessel, or a laser that handles the vessel but not the field.

The category is also sticky. Vascular presentations recur with sun, heat, alcohol and age, so the patient who is treated well comes back, and because background redness and defined vessels so often coexist, a clinic that can treat both captures the whole plan instead of the first visit.

The vascular category includes background erythema, rosacea-associated redness, telangiectasia, spider-type vessels, and selected vascular lesions. Many patients present with more than one of these concerns, which is why a two-technology strategy can be commercially useful.

How the Pro 1 platforms deliver it

DPL Elite provides efficient light-based treatment across superficial vascular fields. Pro 1 Pico adds long-pulse 1064 nm for selected deeper and discrete targets. The result is a broader vascular service category built around matching technology to presentation rather than treating every vessel the same way.

DPL Elite — superficial and larger-field vascular light treatments
Pro 1 Pico — long-pulse 1064 nm for selected deeper and discrete vascular targets

DPL Elite is the field engine. Its narrowband Dynamic Pulsed Light platform offers 530–750, 530–950, 640–750 and 640–950 nm filter ranges, a 15 × 50 mm treatment window and sapphire contact cooling near -5°C, which makes full-face redness, flushing and finer superficial vessels efficient to treat and repeat. SR and AC modes carry rejuvenation and acne-associated redness on the same platform.

Pro 1 Pico is the precision engine. Its long-pulse 1064 nm Nd:YAG regime provides controlled heating for facial telangiectasia, defined vessels and selected spider and leg veins, on a platform used across Fitzpatrick I–VI with appropriate parameters — and the same system runs pigment, PMU, tattoo and skin-quality work. Field plus precision is the whole vascular category from two devices.

What your practice can offer and bill

Vascular work sells as a series for the field, per target for the vessel, and as maintenance for both.

Field series: A DPL Elite course for diffuse and rosacea-associated redness, packaged with a maintenance plan.
Precision sessions: Long-pulse 1064 nm vessel sessions on Pro 1 Pico, priced per area and easily added to another visit.
Combined programs: QuatroLift™’s Balance step and DPL Elite’s SR mode let the clinic bundle vascular work into branded skin-quality programs and memberships.
Recurring reviews: Seasonal review visits for a category that naturally recurs — the simplest retention mechanism in the menu.

Ownership

DPL Elite — Lease-to-own from $499/month (OAC)
Pro 1 Pico — Lease-to-own from $999/month (OAC)
18-month warranty on every platform, with clinical training and onboarding at placement.

How to evaluate a platform for vascular concerns

Both halves of the category: Check that the equipment plan covers the field and the vessel. One device rarely does both well.
Filter control and window size: On the light side, selectable narrowband filters and a large window set precision and speed.
A real long-pulse 1064 nm engine: On the laser side, vessel work needs long-pulse delivery, not picosecond pulses. Pro 1 Pico carries both regimes.
Skin-type range: Vascular demand is not confined to lighter skin; 1064 nm across Fitzpatrick I–VI keeps the menu open.
Utilization beyond vascular: DPL Elite’s five categories and Pro 1 Pico’s four engines keep both platforms busy, which is what makes the vascular menu pay. Clinical training and onboarding accompany every placement.

The science behind it

Common questions from clinic owners

Does a clinic need both DPL Elite and Pro 1 Pico for vascular work?: To cover the whole category, yes. DPL Elite treats the diffuse field efficiently; Pro 1 Pico’s long-pulse 1064 nm engine treats defined and deeper vessels. Many clinics start with one, based on which presentation they see most, and add the other as the vascular menu grows.
What vascular concerns can be treated?: Diffuse facial redness, flushing, rosacea-associated redness, facial telangiectasia, spider-type vessels and selected leg veins, matched to the right platform by depth and diameter. The provider determines suitability, and results vary with the patient and the course.
Is DPL better than IPL for vascular treatment?: DPL Elite’s narrowband filter ranges give the provider more control over which wavelengths reach a vascular target than a single broad-spectrum output. The comparison guides linked on this page set out the differences.
Can vascular treatment be done on darker skin?: Pro 1 Pico’s long-pulse 1064 nm engine sits on a platform used across Fitzpatrick I–VI with appropriate parameters; DPL Elite supports treatment planning across Fitzpatrick I–V with conservative settings where appropriate. Patient selection remains the provider’s call.
Where does hemosiderin staining fit?: Hemosiderin staining is the discoloration left behind when iron pigment remains after vessels leak, rather than a vascular target itself, and it has its own application page. It often appears in the same leg-vein patient, which is another reason the vascular and pigment menus belong on one platform.

Go deeper on vascular concerns

Understanding the vascular category

Field redness, discrete vessels and the vascular component behind some pigment presentations.

DPL for Redness and Rosacea-Associated Redness — Facial redness is a high-demand, recurring category. How narrowband DPL treats diffuse and rosacea-associated redness and builds a maintenance line.
The Vascular Component of Melasma — What histology shows about vascularity in melasma, why it changes clinical thinking, and where long-pulse 1064 nm may fit in selected plans.
DPL for Acne Support — Acne patients want something to add to their routine. How DPL Elite's AC Mode gives the clinic an in-house acne series that grows into a lifelong client.

Comparing approaches

Narrowband light versus traditional IPL, and how DPL and a picosecond platform divide the work.

DPL Elite vs Traditional IPL — How the DPL Elite narrowband platform compares with traditional broad-spectrum IPL — filter selectivity, cooling, and a multi-indication treatment menu.
DPL Elite vs Pro 1 Pico — How DPL Elite and Pro 1 Pico fit together — narrowband light-based breadth vs photoacoustic picosecond laser for pigment, tattoo, and fractional remodeling.

Choosing a platform

What to evaluate when vascular work will sit alongside pigment, tattoo and skin-quality services.

Narrowband IPL Buying Guide — What clinics should evaluate in a narrowband IPL / DPL platform — filter selectivity, power, cooling, skin-type coverage, and treatment menu breadth.
Narrowband IPL / DPL FAQs — Narrowband IPL / DPL FAQs: why DPL outperforms broad IPL, the five categories it sells (pigment, redness, acne, rejuvenation, hair), and where DPL Elite fits.
Pro 1 Pico Buying Guide — A product-specific buyer's guide to the Pro 1 Pico multi-regime picosecond platform: its four treatment engines, skin-type range, and the clinic revenue case.
QuatroLift™ Protocol — QuatroLift™ is Pro 1 Pico's signature four-point facial protocol (Brighten, Balance, Bank, Remodel) — pigment, vascular, collagen, and remodeling steps.