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Lasers and Lights

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Facial Rejuvenation

Abstract

  • Laser facial rejuvenation is often required to improve environmental- and disease-related skin damage.

  • A variety of laser- and light-based therapies are now used for facial rejuvenation. An understanding of basic laser physics is required to fully evaluate light-based technologies.

  • Ablative lasers such as carbon dioxide and erbium:yttrium aluminum garnet lasers improve skin surface texture and problems of skin topography (wrinkles, scars, sun damage, benign skin appendages, and rhinophyma). Such lasers can be associated with significant morbidity.

  • Lasers and light sources with minimal morbidity and some degree of efficacy have often replaced techniques requiring significant healing, down time, and risk.

  • Many light-based technologies can now deliver multiple wavelengths and/or have special hand pieces allowing them to target pigmented and vascular targets.

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