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The use of the fractional CO 2 laser resurfacing in the treatment of photoaging in Asians: Five years long‐term results
Author(s) -
Tan Jun,
Lei Ying,
Ouyang HuaWei,
Gold Michael H.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
lasers in surgery and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1096-9101
pISSN - 0196-8092
DOI - 10.1002/lsm.22304
Subject(s) - photoaging , medicine , adverse effect , statistical significance , dermatology , laser treatment , surgery , laser , physics , optics
Background and Objective The purpose of this clinical paper is to explore the therapeutic effects, healing times, adverse effects, and maintenance periods of using a CO 2 fractional laser in the treatment of photoaging in Asian skin. Study Design/Materials and Methods One fractional CO 2 laser procedure was performed on the full face in 56 patients with photoaging. Based on the Dover scoring system, we evaluated the degree of skin aging before treatment and at one‐month post laser and at five years post laser therapy in 30 of the patients. Statistical analysis was performed by the Wilcoxon's method. Results Thirty of the treated patients have had follow‐up for 5 years at this time. The photoaging scores in these thirty patients were significantly changed ( P < 0.01) at one month, one year, and five years after the fractional laser treatment, as compared with their baseline. Adverse events seen during this analysis were found to be minimal and not of clinical significance. Conclusions Fractional CO 2 laser resurfacing in the treatment of photoaging in Asians is a useful modality with results, for the first time, being shown to have continued efficacy for up to 5 years. Lasers Surg. Med. 46:750–756, 2014. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.