Understanding Cosmetic Laser Surgery - part 3 docx

... birth- marks and exogenous pigments such as those present in tattoos can produce cosmetically objectionable skin lesions. Cosmetic lasers have been developed to treat many types of skin lesions by targeting the ... cell type. There is a well-defined dermal-epidermal junction where the layers interface, below which lies the dermis. The dermis varies greatly in thickness in different parts of...

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... three Q-switched lasers. Black ink particles absorb all visible wavelengths. Red ink requires treatment with the frequency- doubled ( 532 nm) Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. Green responds to Q-switched ... Other lasers used for treating lentigenes are Q-switched ruby and alexandrite lasers, and continuous-wave krypton and diode lasers. Other flat pigmented lesions, including freckles and cafe-au-l...

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... Reconstructive Surgery) , and the International Society of Cosmetic Laser Surgeons (Dermatologic Surgery) . When you visit a physician’s office for a consultation on cosmetic laser surgery, the surgeon ... the American Academy of Facial Plastic Surgery (Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery) , the American Society for Lasers in Medicine and Surgery (Lasers in Surgery and Medicin...

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... pigments such as those present in birth- marks and exogenous pigments such as those present in tattoos can produce cosmetically objectionable skin lesions. Cosmetic lasers have been developed to treat ... evident in skin from sun-exposed areas than in skin from sun-protected areas. In this type of “controlled experiment” the chronological age of skin from the two sites is iden- tical. All o...

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... series) ISBN 1-5 780 6-5 8 6-0 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 1-5 780 6-5 8 7-9 (paper: alk. paper) 1. Surgery, Plastic. 2. Lasers in surgery. I. Title. II. Series. RD119.L34 2004 617.9Ј52—dc22 20 030 18609 British ... Estridge 121110090807060504 432 1 ϱ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Langdon, Robert. Understanding cosmetic laser surgery / Robert Langdo...

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... absorbs the laser energy, which is immediately con- verted to heat. In certain lasers such as the pulsed dye laser, a micro- scopic explosion literally blows apart the capillary. In other lasers such ... determines how far into the skin laser light will penetrate. The power of the laser and the duration of the pulse of laser light determine how much laser energy is imparted to the...

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... Lasers Used to Improve the Skin’s Appearance / 39 the CO 2 laser is thus a surgical instrument because it alters the over- all structure of the skin. The first CO 2 lasers used for cutaneous surgery ... resurfacing with the continuous-wave CO 2 laser. In the early 1990s, the UltraPulse CO 2 laser was introduced. The UltraPulse technology enabled very high-energy laser output deliv...

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... Surgical Laser? / 59 Laser Resurfacing with the CO 2 Laser I reserve the CO 2 laser for full-face resurfacing. The goal of full- face resurfacing is to obtain maximum improvement of photo-aged skin. ... general anes- thesia (waking up), there is no continued anesthetic effect in the Fig. 6 .3 This 87-year-old patient with severe photo-aging is shown before and two months after full fa...

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... around the eye, the CO 2 laser method is much safer than traditional non -laser techniques. Fig. 6.6 This 60-year-old patient is shown before and after CO 2 laser bleph- aroplasty. Note the excessive ... Complementary Procedures to Cosmetic Laser Surgery The combination of liposuction of neck and jowls and/or S-lift minimum incision facelift followed by full-face laser resurfacin...

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... 19, 21, 22, 38 , 39 , 43, 44, 45, 57 chromophore, 29, 30 32 , 34 , 35 , 37 , 40, 41, 49, 51; definition of, 30 ; as target of laser, 30 ; water as, 35 , 37 Coblation, 80–81; vs. erbium:YAG laser, 81 coherence, ... 12, 13, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 30 32 , 41, 46, 50, 51, 58, 79; absorption spectrum of, 31 ; as chromophore, 30 melanocyte, 11, 12, 13, 16, 19, 22, 23, 24, 30 , 5...

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