title: Evidence-Based Medicine in Laser Medicine for Facial Plastic Surgery.
abstract: In the setting of rapidly changing technology tone must make a decision on whether he or she places a premium on being an "early adopter" of technology or delay purchasing decisions until there is adequate proof that a particular technology is useful. Laser devices are a significant capital expenditure, and therefore members of the second group who base their purchasing decisions on evidence-based medicine may be able to avoid deploying capitol into a purchase that becomes obsolete as quickly as it appeared.
authors.affiliation: Section of Facial Plastic Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA. Electronic address: marcus@surgery.wisc.edu.
authors.forename: Benjamin C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Marcus
authors.affiliation: Section of Facial Plastic Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology, Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hyman
mesh_terms: D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D053685:Laser Therapy; D013518:Surgery, Plastic
keywords: Ablative laser resurfacing; Broad-band light; Non-invasive skin tightening; Skin resurfacing