title: [Scars and lasers].
abstract: Different lasers are used to improve scars in combination with other therapies. The pulsed dye laser is considered to be the gold standard for hypertrophic scars and keloids. Ablative laser treatments are used with atrophic scars. Ablative or non-ablative fractional laser treatments are developing rapidly due to the lower risk of infection and easier follow-up care.
authors.affiliation: Centre Laser de L'Arche Jacques Coeur, France. Rbousquet-rouaud@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: Régine
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bousquet-Rouaud
mesh_terms: D002056:Burns / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy*; D017439:Cicatrix, Hypertrophic / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007627:Keloid / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D028022:Low-Level Light Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D010859:Pigmentation Disorders / Q000451:nursing / Q000628:therapy