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Arch Gen Intern Med 2018, Volume 2 | DOI: 10.4066/2591-7951-C5-015
LASERS, LIGHTS AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES IN COSMETIC
DERMATOLOGY
T A Rana
Goodwill Hospital and Research Institute, India
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asers have been widely used in dermatology for almost 50 years. Selective targeting of the skin chromophores allowed
practitioners to treat many skin conditions which were difficult or had no available treatment until introduction of selective
photothermolysis in the early 1980s. The demand for laser surgery has increased substantially in the past few years. Refinements
in laser technology have provided patients and dermatologists with more therapeutic choices and improved clinical results.
Innovations have allowed the range of conditions and the skin types suitable to treatment, including vascular and pigmented
lesions, scars, tattoos, improvement of photoaging, and hair removal. More recently, fractionated laser devices were developed
which contributed to higher efficacy and safety especially for higher skin types. We present the basic concepts of lasers and
tissue optics and the different laser types, which are classifield according to their tissue target and tissue interactions, such as
vascular, pigment, photoepilation and resurfacing lasers. Non-laser technologies such as intense pulsed light, radio frequency,
ultrasound and cryolipolysis are also discussed.