Long‐term efficacy of a fractional resurfacing device

Ortiz, Arisa; Tremaine, Anne Marie; Zachary, Christopher B.

doi:10.1002/lsm.20885

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“…Since then, AFCL has been used for resurfacing of the face with significant results and acceptable safety profile (13)(14)(15)(16)(17), but caution has been considered for non-facial areas such as neck, chest and hands due to the possibility of delayed wound healing and abnormal scarring (18,19). Therefore, the efficacy and safety of AFCL in hand resurfacing has been studied less frequently until 2011, when Stebbins and Hanke (11) reported AFCL resurfacing as a highly tolerable, safe, and efficient modality in hand resurfacing.…”

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Hand Rejuvenation by Ablative Fraction CO2 Laser

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Background: Ablative fractional CO 2 laser (AFCL) has been reported to be safe and effective to use for preventing hand photoaging in a recent pilot study. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of AFCL in improvement of hand photoaging in 25 patients. Patients and Methods: A prospective, before-after, single blind study was conducted in 25 patients who presented for desired treatment of hand photoaging. Patients received three treatments sessions with AFCL. Results: All enrolled patients were female and received three treatment sessions. There was no incidence of significant adverse effects such as scarring, prolonged erythema sever edema, post inflammatory pigmentary changes, or infection. Mean improvement one month after three treatments was 48.3% (95% CI, 42.6 -53.9) for skin wrinkling, 53.3% (95% CI, 47.9 -58.8) for skin pigmentation, 46.9% (95% CI, 41.4 -52.2) for skin texture, and 54.9% (95% CI, 49.3 -60.5) for overall cosmetic outcome (all P < 0.05). Conclusions: AFCL can be used safely and effectively in the treatment of hand photoaging.

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Hand Rejuvenation by Ablative Fraction CO2 Laser

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“…Oritz et al assessed the long-term outcomes in ten subjects previously treated with fractional CO 2 resurfacing for treatment of acne scarring and photodamage who returned for long-term follow-up visits at 1 and 2 years, respectively [66]. Investigators graded the maintenance of improvement on a quartile scale based on clinical photo graphy.…”

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Lasers in the treatment of acne scars

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Meshkov

et al. 2011

Expert Review of Dermatology

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“…Long-term effi cacy was assessed by Ortiz et al ( 2010 ) who evaluated 10 subjects at 1 and 2 years after fractional CO 2 treatment of acne scarring and photodamage in the face. Investigators graded maintenance of improvement on a quartile scale based on clinical photography and found that subjects maintained 74 % of their overall improvement at their long-term visits compared to 3-month follow-up visits.…”

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Skin Resurfacing with Carbon Dioxide Laser

Luebberding

Alexiades-Armenakas

2015

European Handbook of Dermatological Treatments

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A beautiful face is considered to possess smooth and fl awless skin, an even complexion, and fi rm facial features. Beauty is strongly associated with healthy and youthful skin. Nevertheless, over the course of a lifetime, the body's outer shell changes signifi cantly; genetics, aging, sun exposure, and lifestyle factors including nutrition, alcohol consumption, and smoking habits, as well as skin diseases and lesions, may contribute to visible skin changes. Consequently, wrinkles, brown spots, blotchy skin coloring, skin laxity, and scars become visible. However, since the desire for eternal youth and beauty is high and still increasing worldwide, the market for cosmetic and aesthetic treatment modalities is booming also.In the past three decades, numerous techniques have been developed including chemodenervation with botulinum toxins or skin augmentation using injectable soft tissue fi llers. Whereas these methods treat certain areas of the skin specifi cally, including wrinkles or volume • Skin aging manifested by rhytides, laxity, and photoaging has been treated by laser skin resurfacing using a large variety of modalities, with carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) laser proving to be the gold standard for the past few decades.• Standard ablative CO 2 laser resurfacing, while still the most highly effective, is associated with a greater side effect profi le and risk of complications. For these reasons, fractional ablative CO 2 laser resurfacing has emerged as a highly effective, yet far safer, top tier treatment for rhytides and photoaging of the aging skin.• In this chapter, we will address background information on standard and fractional CO 2 laser resurfacing; proper patient selection; pre-, peri-, and postoperative instructions; treatment, prevention, and management of complications; and clinical effi cacy.

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Long‐term efficacy of a fractional resurfacing device

Cited by 75 publications

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Hand Rejuvenation by Ablative Fraction CO2 Laser

Hand Rejuvenation by Ablative Fraction CO2 Laser

Lasers in the treatment of acne scars

Skin Resurfacing with Carbon Dioxide Laser

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