Understanding Cosmetic Laser Surgery - part 7 ppt

... sickness series)ISBN 1-5 78 0 6-5 8 6-0 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 1-5 78 0 6-5 8 7- 9 (paper: alk. paper)1. Surgery, Plastic. 2. Lasers in surgery. I. Title. II. Series.RD119.L34 20046 17. 9Ј52—dc22 2003018609British ... Complementary Procedures to Cosmetic Laser Surgery 70 8. Getting Good Results 82Glossary 85Index 93 Understanding Cosmetic Laser Surgery and specific tissue effects that differentiate lasers from all other ... Alan Estridge1211100908 070 60504 4321ϱLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataLangdon, Robert. Understanding cosmetic laser surgery / Robert Langdon.p.cm. — (Understanding health and...

... pigments such as those present in birth-marks and exogenous pigments such as those present in tattoos canproduce cosmetically objectionable skin lesions. Cosmetic lasershave been developed to treat ... The termThe Skin / 17 Profound structural changes in the dermis also occur with sun-induced aging. Whereas gradual thinning of the dermis is typical ofaging in non-sun-exposed areas, thickening ... barrier func-tion. Epidermal failure would be a life-threatening problem, becausethe person would literally dry up. In other words, nobody ever diesof “old skin” as they do when other life-sustaining...

... 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 laserssuch ... (chro-mophores) that absorb laser energy as well as the guiding principlebehind all cutaneous cosmetic laser treatment (selective photother-molysis). I will recount the history of the use of lasers ... determines how farinto the skin laser light will penetrate. The power of the laser andthe duration of the pulse of laser light determine how much laser energy is imparted to the skin. These variables...

... melanocytic, 22–23; ofOta, 22non-ablative laser resurfacing, 77 79 ; CoolTouch laser for, 78 ;IPL for, 78 79 ; pulsed dye laser for, 78 79 ; Q-switched Nd:YAG laser for, 78 Parrish, John, 32, 34photon, ... 64, 65, 68, 70 , 71 , 72 , 74 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 80, 84;and Botox, 76 ; with CO2 laser, 59–65; with erbium:YAG laser, 53–58; healing after, 13 laser surgeon, qualifications of, 82–83 laser surgery: consultation ... 46, 47, 49,53, 54, 60, 61, 62, 66, 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 76 , 77 ; for CO2 laser resurfacing, 60–62; forerbium:YAG laser resurfacing,53–54; tumescent, 71 73 argon laser, 39, 40, 46basal layer of epidermis,...

... sickness series)ISBN 1-5 78 0 6-5 8 6-0 (cloth : alk. paper) — ISBN 1-5 78 0 6-5 8 7- 9 (paper: alk. paper)1. Surgery, Plastic. 2. Lasers in surgery. I. Title. II. Series.RD119.L34 20046 17. 9Ј52—dc22 2003018609British ... Surgical Laser? 52 7. Complementary Procedures to Cosmetic Laser Surgery 70 8. Getting Good Results 82Glossary 85Index 93...

... birth-marks and exogenous pigments such as those present in tattoos canproduce cosmetically objectionable skin lesions. Cosmetic lasershave been developed to treat many types of skin lesions by targetingthe ... cell type. There is a well-defined dermal-epidermaljunction where the layers interface, below which lies the dermis. Thedermis varies greatly in thickness in different parts of the body andprovides ... looseness is another feature of sun-damagedfacial skin. The primary force that appears to contribute to skin lax-ity is gravity. Over a lifetime, approximately two-thirds of which isspent in an...

... 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 laserssuch ... determines how farinto the skin laser light will penetrate. The power of the laser andthe duration of the pulse of laser light determine how much laser energy is imparted to the skin. These variables ... (chro-mophores) that absorb laser energy as well as the guiding principlebehind all cutaneous cosmetic laser treatment (selective photother-molysis). I will recount the history of the use of lasers to improvethe...

... resurfacing with the continuous-waveCO2 laser. In the early 1990s, the UltraPulse CO2 laser was introduced. TheUltraPulse technology enabled very high-energy laser output deliv-ered during a very ... term laser resurfacing” to describe this new technique. Laser resurfacingwas the procedure most responsible for the rapid growth of cos-metic laser surgery during the 1990s.In the mid-1990s ... used a laser for the first time on human skin. He used aruby laser, which emits laser energy at 694 nm, in the red part of thevisible light spectrum. This laser was a “normal mode” ruby laser that...

... three Q-switched lasers. Black ink particles absorb all visiblewavelengths. Red ink requires treatment with the frequency-doubled (532 nm) Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. Green responds to Q-switched ... Other lasersused for treating lentigenes are Q-switched ruby and alexandritelasers, and continuous-wave krypton and diode lasers.Other flat pigmented lesions, including freckles and cafe-au-laitspots, ... the next chapter, the spe-cial properties of lasers can be used to great advantage by cosmetic surgeons.What Is It Like to Be Treated with a Nonsurgical Laser? / 51 Laser Treatment of TattoosBlack...