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Lasers and Phototherapy in Acne

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Pathogenesis and Treatment of Acne and Rosacea

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Depending on the clinical course and the type of lesions and the post-acne sequelae, the use of light and of lasers needs to be carefully weighed up. The evidence of light and lasers in the active stages of acne is low, however, in the status with scarring and postinflammatory lesions of post acne sequelae its use is of high value and the evidence-based data are much more convincing (Fig. 70.1).

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Huashan Hospital, Fudan University, 12 Wulumuqi Zhong Road, Shanghai, 200040, China

    Leihong Flora Xiang

  2. Department Dermatology and Venereology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany

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Xiang, L.F., Gollnick, H.P.M. (2014). Lasers and Phototherapy in Acne. In: Zouboulis, C., Katsambas, A., Kligman, A. (eds) Pathogenesis and Treatment of Acne and Rosacea. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69375-8_70

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