title: Treatment of perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens with the carbon dioxide laser.
abstract: We describe the successful use of the carbon dioxide (CO2) laser for localized surgical therapy in a patient with perifolliculitis capitis abscedens et suffodiens that was refractory to conservative treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, University of California School of Medicine, Davis.
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Glass
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Berman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Laub
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005499:Folliculitis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D008297:Male; D012536:Scalp Dermatoses / Q000601:surgery*