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Significant skin‐tightening by closure of fractional ablative laser holes

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Ablative fractional laser treatment uses thousands of very small laser beam wounds to damage a fraction of the skin, which stimulates tissue remodeling. Each open micro‐wound heals without scarring, but… Click to show full abstract

Ablative fractional laser treatment uses thousands of very small laser beam wounds to damage a fraction of the skin, which stimulates tissue remodeling. Each open micro‐wound heals without scarring, but the amount of skin tightening achieved is limited. This animal study was performed to test the hypothesis that immediate temporary closure of fractional laser wounds could increase skin tightening after fractional ablative laser treatment.

Keywords: laser; skin tightening; closure fractional; fractional ablative; ablative laser

Journal Title: Lasers in Surgery and Medicine
Year Published: 2018

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