| PART ONE Will Laser Skin Resurfacing Ever Return to Its Glory Days? |
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Carbon Dioxide vs Erbium: YAG Laser in Laser Skin Resurfacing |
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3 | (4) |
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The Quest for Reliable Results After Laser Resurfacing |
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7 | (2) |
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Ideal Tissue Effects of Laser Resurfacing |
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9 | (4) |
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Efficacy of Laser Skin Resurfacing |
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13 | (14) |
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20 | (7) |
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| PART TWO Postoperative Care After Laser Resurfacing: What is the Optimal Approach? |
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27 | (28) |
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Wound Care and Prophylaxis After Laser Resurfacing |
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29 | (8) |
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Nonocclusive Wound Care After Laser Resurfacing |
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37 | (2) |
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Improved Reepithelialization After Laser Resurfacing |
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39 | (4) |
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Postoperative Care After Laser Resurfacing: Review of the Literature |
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43 | (12) |
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49 | (6) |
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| PART THREE Photorejuvenation and Subsurface Resurfacing: Do They Really Work? |
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55 | (36) |
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Quantitative Evidence of Benefits of Subsurface Resurfacing |
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57 | (4) |
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Photorejuvenation With the Pulsed Dye Laser: Biochemical and Clinical Findings |
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61 | (4) |
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Nonablative Dermal Remodeling and Photorejuvenation: Clinical and Histologic Findings |
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65 | (8) |
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Nonablative Laser Resurfacing |
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73 | (4) |
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Photorejuvenation and Subsurface Resurfacing |
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77 | (14) |
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82 | (9) |
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| PART FOUR Novel Approaches to Skin Rejuvenation (Excluding Photorejuvenation) |
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91 | (26) |
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A Novel Radiofrequency Technology |
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93 | (2) |
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A New Nonablative Radiofrequency Device: Preliminary Results |
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95 | (6) |
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Volumetric Heating of Skin Using Radiofrequency: Preliminary Findings |
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101 | (10) |
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Nonlaser Methods for Dermal Therapy |
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111 | (6) |
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113 | (4) |
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| PART FIVE How Have Millisecond-Domain Lasers Changed the Approach to Treatment of Vascular Anomalies and Ectasias? |
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117 | (46) |
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Improved Results in the Treatment of Facial Vascular Lesions Using Millisecond-Duration Lasers |
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119 | (6) |
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Treatment With Millisecond-Domain Lasers of Portwine Stains and Facial Telangiectasia |
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125 | (20) |
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Influence of Varying Pulse Durations, Different Types of Lasers, and Intense Pulsed Light on Vascular Anomalies and Ectasias |
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145 | (4) |
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Role of Millisecond-Domain Lasers and Intense Pulsed Light in the Treatment of Vascular Anomalies and Ectasias |
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149 | (4) |
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Effect of Pulse Duration on Laser Therapy for Cutaneous Vascular Lesions |
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153 | (10) |
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157 | (6) |
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| PART SIX Advances in the Use of Lasers and Light Sources in the Treatment of Leg Veins |
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163 | (32) |
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Role of Lasers in the Treatment of Leg Veins |
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165 | (6) |
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Photothermal Treatment of Leg Telangiectasia |
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171 | (4) |
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Treatment of Leg Veins With Lasers and Intense Pulsed Light |
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175 | (6) |
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Clinical and Histologic Findings of Leg Veins Treated With Laser |
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181 | (14) |
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191 | (4) |
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| PART SEVEN Laser, Scalpel, Diamond Knife, Shaw Scalpel-And the Winner Is...? |
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195 | (16) |
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197 | (4) |
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Advantages and Disadvantages of the Laser, Scalpel, and Diamond Knife in Cutaneous Surgery |
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201 | (4) |
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Thermal Scalpel in Incisional Surgery |
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205 | (6) |
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207 | (4) |
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| PART EIGHT Is Skin Cooling a Bunch of Hot Air? |
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211 | (24) |
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Thermal Imaging and Theoretical Modeling in Skin Cooling |
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213 | (6) |
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Practical Implementation of Skin Cooling |
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219 | (4) |
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Is Skin Cooling a Bunch of Hot Air? |
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223 | (4) |
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Efficacy and Safety of Skin-Cooling Devices |
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227 | (8) |
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231 | (4) |
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| PART NINE Lasers and Lights as Diagnostic Tools: Where Are We Now? |
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235 | (20) |
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Confocal Scanning Laser Microscopy and Optical Coherence Tomography |
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237 | (10) |
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Noninvasive Diagnostic Tools for Characterization of Port-wine Stains |
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247 | (2) |
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New Electro-optic Imaging Tools |
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249 | (6) |
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253 | (2) |
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| PART TEN Lasers and Psoriasis: An Illuminating Combination |
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255 | (18) |
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Rationale for Vascular-Specific Laser Treatment of Psoriasis |
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257 | (6) |
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Treatment of Psoriasis With the 308-nm Excimer Laser |
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263 | (2) |
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Comparison of Lasers Used in Treatment of Psoriasis |
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265 | (8) |
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269 | (4) |
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| PART ELEVEN The Role of Lasers in the Treatment of Scars, Hypopigmentation, and Depigmentation |
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273 | (28) |
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Acne Scars: Classification and Treatment |
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279 | (2) |
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Laser Treatment of Hypertrophic Scars |
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281 | (4) |
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285 | (6) |
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Excimer Laser for Repigmentation of Laser-Induced and Surgically Induced Depigmentation |
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291 | (10) |
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295 | (6) |
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| PART TWELVE Lasers in the Treatment of Tattoos and Dermal Pigment: What's New and What's Next? |
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301 | (26) |
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Resistance of Tattoos to the Q-switched Laser |
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303 | (6) |
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Removal of Dermal Pigment and Tattoos: Can't We Do Better? |
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309 | (8) |
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317 | (10) |
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319 | (8) |
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| PART THIRTEEN Lasers and Light Sources for Hair Removal |
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327 | (20) |
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Hair Removal by Light: Accomplishments and Challenges |
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329 | (4) |
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Laser Hair Removal: Optimal Parameters |
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333 | (4) |
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Current Practice and Experience in Laser Hair Removal |
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337 | (10) |
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341 | (6) |
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| Index |
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