This 25-year-old male’s nevus of ota (nevus of ota) birthmark had been treated by other dermatologists without much success. This near clearing happened only after one session with our Q switched alexandrite laser. He was a visiting Chinese student and the Chinese government would not let him back into his own country because they did not believe this was medically possible. I had to give him a notarized doctor’s note this was truly him and that I had treated him to clear his birthmark.