Lasers in surgery and medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Split face evaluation of long-pulsed non-ablative 1,064 nm Nd:YAG laser for treatment of direct browplasty scars.
To investigate 1,064 nm long-pulse Nd:YAG laser for postoperative treatment of direct browplasty scars. ⋯ The 1,064 nm Nd:YAG laser provided significant improvement in scar cosmesis after direct browplasty, as rated by subject self-report, but not by masked observers, and appears to be a useful tool for increasing satisfaction among those dissatisfied with direct browplasty scars. Side effects-including erythema, edema, and discomfort-were transient and universally rated as mild to moderate. Lasers Surg. Med. 48:742-747, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.