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Fast healing after laser skin resurfacing. The minimal mechanical trauma technique
1Institute of Laser and Cosmetic Surgery, Hermosa Beach, California, USA.
Background:
Laser resurfacing is rapidly becoming a widely used method of skin ablation for cosmetic improvement. The technique with which the instrument is used can make the difference between obtaining the desired result with a benign postoperative period and one with unnecessary complications.
Objective:
This paper describes a technique that maximizes the benefits while minimizes the risks in using this highly advanced instrument.
Methods:
We have limited the areas where multiple passes are done to areas that have rhytides; for the rest of the skin a single pass is done and the final carbonized eschar is not removed.
Results:
Faster healing and less complications. Shorter operative and anesthesia times. Greater patient acceptance and satisfactory cosmetic results.
Conclusions:
This technique provides a safer, faster, and satisfactory cosmetic results with a much smaller possibility of the complications seen with conventional methods.