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Preface
Acknowledgements
Contributors
Pt. I: Basic Laser Science
1. Laser Physics for Surgical Applications
2. Laser Systems and Instrumentation for Aesthetic Surgery
3. Laser Safety
4. Selective Photothermolysis
Pt. II: Lasers for Skin Resurfacing and Treatment
5. Laser Resurfacing: An Overview
6. Cutaneous Laser Exfoliation
7. Sharplan SilkTouch and FeatherTouch Flashscanners
8. Surgipulse Laser Resurfacing
9. Laser Resurfacing with Ultrapulse Carbon Dioxide Lasers
10. Single-Pass, High-Fluence, Carbon Dioxide Laser Skin Resurfacing
11. The Luxar Laser System
12. Tru-Pulse Laser Resurfacing
13. The Derma 20 Erbium: YAG Laser
14. The Erbium: YAG Laser versus the Carbon Dioxide Laser
15. Nonexfoliating Laser Rejuvenation of Facial Rhytids
Pt. III: Lasers for the Treatment of Vascular
Lesions
16. Vascular Laser Systems
17. Management of Vascular Lesions of the Head and Neck
18. Copper Vapor and Copper Bromide Lasers
19. Flashlamp-Pumped Pulsed Dye Laser
20. The VersaPulse Laser
21. Noncoherent Filtered Flashlamp Intense Pulsed Light Device
(PhotoDerm VL)
Pt. IV: Laser Hair Removal
22. A Comparative Study of Intens Light and
Laser Sources in Photoepilation
23. ESC/Sharplan Laser Hair Removal System
24. Hair Removal with the Long-Pulsed Ruby and Alexandrite Lasers
25. Hair Removal with the EpiLight System
Pt. V: Laser Treatment of Pigmented Lesions
and Tattoos
26. Laser Treatment of Pigmented Lesions and
Tattoos: Use of Q-Switched Ruby Lasers
27. Q-Switched Neodymium: YAG Laser Treatment of Tattoos
28. Alexandrite Laser Treatment of Pigmented Lesions and Tattoos
29. Treatment of Pigmented Lesions with Copper Bromide and Copper
Vapor Lasers
Pt. VI Other Laser Treatments
30. Cutaneous Surgery with the Carbon Dioxide
Laser
31. Expanded Applications of the Carbon Dioxide Laser: Use of
Magnification for the Removal of Facial Lesions
32. Laser Revision of Scars
33. Treatment of Stretch Marks
34. Photodynamic Therapy of Skin Cancer
Pt. VII: Aesthetic Surgical Uses of Lasers
35. Lasers in Aesthetic Facial Surgery: An Overview
36. Laser Rhytidectomy
37. Laser Blepharoplasty with the Sharplan XJ150
38. Coherent UltraPulse Carbon Dioxide Laser Blepharoplasty
39. Weekend Laser Neck Lift
40. Skin Resurfacing Using Bipolar Cautery
41. Skin Rejuvenation for Sun Damage, Aging, and Rosacea Using
Intense Pulsed Light 351
Index
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