title: Sequential treatment with intradermal incision (intracision) and 2,940-nm Er:YAG laser for chicken pox scars.
abstract: Boxcar scars, such as chicken pox scars, are round to oval depressions with sharply defined vertical edges. Subcision is a simple and safe procedure for treatment of atrophic and depressed scars, but boxcar scars are generally not eliminated by subcision. Intradermal incision technique (intracision) can treat chicken pox scars by untethering fibrotic strands, raising collagen synthesis, and having additional intradermal blood pocket formation. We have found that chicken pox scars further improve when intracision is followed by laser skin resurfacing.
authors: Yonsei Star Skin & Laser Clinic, Seoul, South Korea.
authors: Sang Ju
authors: SJ
authors: Lee
authors: Young Koo
authors: YK
authors: Kim
authors: Sun Young
authors: SY
authors: Choi
authors: Kui Young
authors: KY
authors: Park
authors: Seong Jun
authors: SJ
authors: Seo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002644:Chickenpox / Q000150:complications*; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000601:surgery*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male
keywords: 2; 940 nm Er:YAG; chicken pox scars; intracision