Critical analysis of skin resurfacing using the ultrapulse CO2 laser

W. L. Mang; K. Sawatzki; K. Plinkert; D. Rieger

doi:10.1117/12.389475

28 June 2000 Critical analysis of skin resurfacing using the ultrapulse CO₂ laser

W. L. Mang, K. Sawatzki, K. Plinkert, D. Rieger

Proceedings Volume 4166, Laser Florence '99: A Window on the Laser Medicine World; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.389475
Event: Laser Florence '99, 1999, Florence, Italy

Abstract

In the past, treatment of facial wrinkles with the method of skin resurfacing, using the Ultra pulse CO₂-laser, has gained in significance. However, the media, as well as fellow colleagues, often face the laser method too uncritically. To get good results, the applying surgeon not only has to dispose a well-founded physical basis-knowledge or dominate different methods, but primarily he has to give the indication correctly. Therefore - in our experience - in case of a wrinkle-depth more than one millimeter, the dermabrasion, the underpadding or the combination of underpadding and laser treatment are superior to the single laser dermabrasion. When the skin is flabby and hanging down, surgical procedures have to be applied. By the follow- up of 200 patients, the effectiveness and potential complications are shown. On one hand, histological investigations of human tissue, which was tread with the ultrapusle CO₂-laser, should show which doses were necessary to generate a visible effect and on the other hand, should determine which doses cause damage in the tissue.

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W. L. Mang, K. Sawatzki, K. Plinkert, and D. Rieger "Critical analysis of skin resurfacing using the ultrapulse CO₂ laser", Proc. SPIE 4166, Laser Florence '99: A Window on the Laser Medicine World, (28 June 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.389475

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