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Laser therapy is an approach that has been studied for treating hypertrophic scars. [9] There is not enough evidence to determine if laser therapy is more effective than other treatments or if laser therapy leads to more harm than benefits as compared with no treatment or different kinds of treatment. [9]
Laser surgery is a type of surgery that cuts tissue using a laser in contrast to using a scalpel. [ 1 ] Soft-tissue laser surgery is used in a variety of applications in humans ( general surgery , neurosurgery , ENT , dentistry , orthodontics , [ 2 ] and oral and maxillofacial surgery ) as well as veterinary [ 3 ] surgical fields.
A physician performing laser resurfacing using an erbium laser. Laser resurfacing is a laser surgery technique that disassociates molecular bonds.It is used for the treatment of wrinkles, solar lentigenes, sun damage, scarring (acne scars and surgical scars), stretch marks, actinic keratosis, and telangiectasias.
This summer, I did one session of ResurFX, a nonablative fractionated laser, for acne scars. A bad bout of cystic acne from a few years ago left me with hyperpigmentation and atrophic scars across ...
However, unlike hypertrophic scars which are contained within the area where the injury once was, keloid scars grow beyond the borders of the original injury, according to Dr. Zakia Rahman, a ...
Keloid, also known as keloid disorder and keloidal scar, [1] is the formation of a type of scar which, depending on its maturity, is composed mainly of either type III (early) or type I (late) collagen.
Red Light Therapy Device. Made with a tiny precise tip, Redlook's device makes it possible top target ultra-small areas like blemishes, canker sores, and kinks in your neck.
Laser-assisted drug delivery (LADD) is a drug delivery technique commonly used in the dermatology field that involves lasers. As skin acts as a protective barrier to the environment, the absorption of topical products through the epidermis is limited; thus, different drug delivery modalities have been employed to improve the efficacy of these treatments.