Immediate skin responses to laser and light treatments : Warning endpoints: How to avoid side effects - 14/04/16
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Lasers are versatile, commonly used treatment tools in dermatology. While it is tempting to follow manufacturer's guidelines or other “recipes” for laser treatment, this approach alone can be a recipe for disaster. Specific and immediate skin responses or endpoints exist and are clinically useful because they correlate with underlying mechanisms that are either desirable (ie, therapeutic), undesirable (ie, warning signs of injury or side effects), or incidental. The observation of clinical endpoints is a safe and reliable guide for appropriate treatment. This article presents the warning endpoints during specific dermatologic laser treatments, and the accompanying article presents the therapeutic endpoints, their underlying mechanisms, and the utility of these endpoints.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Key words : adverse effects, endpoint, laser, light, skin, warning
Abbreviations used : IPL, MTZ, Nd:YAG, RF, SP
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Drs Wanner and Sakamoto contributed to this article equally. |
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Funding sources: None. |
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Massachusetts General Hospital receives royalties from laser companies, but none are related to this manuscript. Dr Avram is on the advisory board of and a consultant for Zeltiq, is a consultant for Kythera, and is an investigator for Cutera. The other authors declare no conflicts of interest. |
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Date of release: May 2016 |
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Expiration date: May 2019 |
Vol 74 - N° 5
P. 807-819 - mai 2016 Retour au numéroBienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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