title: Treatment of burn scar using a carbon dioxide fractional laser.
abstract: In Asian patients, ablative laser therapies are seldom used to treat burn scars due to posttreatment dyschromia, especially when nonfacial areas are treated. The non-ablative 1550-nm erbium-doped fractional photothermolysis system, although effective, requires multiple treatment sessions. In the authors hands, a 34-year-old Korean woman achieved improved atrophy, contracture, texture and color of a burn scar on her chest after two treatments spaced six weeks apart with an ablative 10,600 nm CO2 fractional laser system (Ultrapulse Encore Laser, Lumenis Inc., Santa Clara, CA).
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Bin
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Sang Ju
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Won Soon
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Jin Moon
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.forename: Young Koo
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002056:Burns / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D054020:Lasers, Gas / Q000627:therapeutic use*