Full-Face Laser Resurfacing and Rhytidectomy
| Autor: | Andre Auerswald, Afranio Bernardes, Lucia de Noronha, Ruth Graf |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Blepharoplasty Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Biopsy medicine.medical_treatment Keratolytic Tretinoin Antioxidants Keratolytic Agents medicine Humans Local anesthesia Postoperative Period Wrinkle Aged Skin medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Middle Aged Hydroquinones Surgery Plastic surgery Treatment Outcome Otorhinolaryngology Rhytidoplasty Female Laser Therapy medicine.symptom business Anesthesia Local Rhytidectomy |
| Zdroj: | Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. 23:101-106 |
| ISSN: | 1432-5241 0364-216X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s002669900250 |
| Popis: | The Ultrapulse CO2 laser (Coherent Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA) was used in 239 patients, from March 1996 to July 1998, for full-face laser resurfacing. In 106 (43%) of these patients rhytidectomy was performed in the same procedure. All patients submitted to laser resurfacing were prepared for 1 to 2 months beforehand with retinoic acid and hydroquinone. The procedures were done under local anesthesia controlled by an anesthesiologist. A clear film dressing impregnated with silicone gel (Silon TSR; Bio-Med Sciences, Bethlehem, PA, USA) was used for 6 to 7 days and complete healing was observed in 7 to 10 days. Complications were exclusively dermatologic, without relation to surgery. No necrosis of the cutaneous flap was observed. Skin biopsies of 10 consecutive patients undergoing the combined procedures revealed no vascular impairment to the dermis. The patients were able to resume their activities 2 weeks after the procedure. |
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