Fractional Carbon Dioxide Laser in Treatment of Acne Scars.
BACKGROUND
Scars appear as a result of skin damage during the process of the skin healing. There are two types of acne scars, depending on whether there is a loss or accumulation of collagen: atrophic and hypertrophic. In 80-90% it comes to scars with loss of collagen compared to smaller number of hypertrophic scars and keloids.


OBJECTIVE
The aim of the study was to determine efficiency and safety of fractional carbon dioxide laser in the treatment of acne scars.


METHODS
The study was carried out in Acibadem Sistina Clinical Hospital, Skopje at the Department of Dermatovenerology, with a total of 40 patients treated with fractional carbon dioxide laser (Lutronic eCO2). The study included patients with residual acne scars of a different type.


RESULTS
Comedogenic and papular acne in our material were proportionately presented in 50% of cases, while the other half were the more severe clinical forms of acne - pustular inflammatory acne and nodulocystic acne that leave residual lesions in the form of second, third and fourth grade of scars.


CONCLUSIONS
The experiences of our work confirm the world experiences that the best result with this method is achieved in dotted ice pick or V-shaped acne scars.
Acibadem Sistina Clinical Hospital, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
Andrej
A
Petrov
Acibadem Sistina Clinical Hospital, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
Vesna
V
Pljakovska
Acne scars; aesthetic dermatology; carbon dioxide laser systems; scale of satisfaction by the treatment; subjective evaluation of adverse effects by the therapy