Pulsed Dye Lasers

New data from M.B. Donelan et al illuminate research in pulsed dye lasers

Published in Biotech Business Week, June 9th, 2008

According to recent research from the United States, "Hypertrophic scarring after partial thickness facial bums is common when epithelialization takes longer than 3 weeks. Well-healed areas continue to mature unfavorably, resulting in raised, erythematous, and contracted scars."

"Excisional treatment of such scars has morbidity and can create iatrogenic deformities. The flashlamp-pumped, pulsed dye laser (PDL) in combination with z-plasty can be used as a successful alternative to excision in patients with facial hypertrophic bum scars. Fifty-seven patients with hypertrophic facial bum scars (mean age 12 years; range, 2 - 21 years) were treated with the PDL over the...

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Source: Biotech Business Week (2008-06-09)

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