Treatment of burn scar using a carbon dioxide fractional laser
Cho, S.B.; Lee, S.J.; Chung, W.S.; Kang, J.M.; Kim, Y.K.
Journal of Drugs in Dermatology Jdd 9(2): 173-175
2010
ISSN/ISBN: 1545-9616 PMID: 20214184 Document Number: 15796
In Asian patients, ablative laser therapies are seldom used to treat burn scars due to posttreatment dyschromia, especially when nonfacial areas are treated. The non-ablative 1550-nm erbium-doped fractional photothermolysis system, although effective, requires multiple treatment sessions. In the authors hands, a 34-year-old Korean woman achieved improved atrophy, contracture, texture and color of a burn scar on her chest after two treatments spaced six weeks apart with an ablative 10,600 nm CO2 fractional laser system (Ultrapulse Encore Laser, Lumenis Inc., Santa Clara, CA).
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