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Lasers deemed highly effective for excessive scarring

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Laser therapy approaches are effective for treating excessive scarring resulting from abnormal wound healing, but not all scars are affected equally, according to a recent review article. Dr. Qingfeng Li and colleagues at Shanghai Ninth People’s Hospital analyzed 28 well-designed clinical trials that focused on various medical lasers for two types of excessive scarring: hypertrophic scarring and keloids. Both are abnormal tissue responses that lead to raised and thickened areas of scarring, resulting in cosmetic and sometimes functional problems. Hypertrophic scars are limited to...Read full article

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    Published: February 2014
    532-nmAsia-PacificBiophotonicsBioScancoagulationConsumercosmeticdeep tissuehealingPDLScarringscarsShanghaiskintherapyabnormal woundQingfeng LiNinth People’s Hospitalhypertrophickeloidsnonablative585 595-nm pulsed-dyeAmerican Society of Plastic Surgeons’ Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeryLasers

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