title: Laser surgery of the skin.
abstract: The carbon dioxide laser, the argon laser and the pulse-dye laser are used to remove a variety of skin lesions. Advantages of laser surgery include a relatively bloodless operating field and minimal postoperative discomfort and swelling. Warts, tattoos, actinic cheilitis, skin cancer, xanthelasma, ingrown toenails, keloids and port-wine stains are among the lesions that can be removed with laser surgery. The tunable pulse-dye laser is particularly useful in the treatment of vascular lesions.
authors.affiliation: University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Goldberg
mesh_terms: D001128:Argon; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D014860:Warts / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D001128:Argon