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Non-ablative Fractional Lasers for Scars

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The knowledge of microenvironment of tissue repair enables better understanding of the healing process and the techniques currently employed for its correction. There are different types of scars and the treatment should be chosen according to lesion. Laser mechanism of action on scars is based on two pillars, to reduce blood flow and to reorganize collagen fibers. Devices available for scar treatment include intense pulsed light (IPL), in the vascular mode, non-ablative lasers, and ablative lasers. In this chapter we are going to discuss non-ablative lasers for scar treatment.

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  1. Mogi das Cruzes University, São Paulo, Brazil

    Roberto Mattos, Kelly Cristina Signor & Luciana Gasques de Souza

  2. Skin and Laser Center of Boom, Boom, Belgium

    Juliana Merheb Jordão

  3. Department of Hospital Universitário Evangélico de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR, Brazil

    Juliana Merheb Jordão

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Mattos, R., Jordão, J.M., Signor, K.C., de Souza, L.G. (2017). Non-ablative Fractional Lasers for Scars. In: Issa, M., Tamura, B. (eds) Lasers, Lights and Other Technologies. Clinical Approaches and Procedures in Cosmetic Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20251-8_7-2

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    Non-ablative Fractional Lasers for Scars
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    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20251-8_7-2

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