Treatment of hypertrophic scars and keloids with a fractional CO2 laser: A personal experience

Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 218-221

  Scrimali, Luca ^a   Lomeo, Giuseppe ^a   Nolfo, Corrado ^a   Pompili, Gianluca ^a   Tamburino, Serena ^a   Catalani, Alexei ^a   Sirag, Paolo ^a   Perrotta, Rosario Emanuele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fractional CO2; keloids and scars; lasers and light sources

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC SCAR; KELOID; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CICATRIX, HYPERTROPHIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; KELOID; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, GAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77956700817     PISSN: 14764172     EISSN: 14764180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14764172.2010.514924     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Murray JC, Pinnel SR. Keloids and excessive dermal scarring. In: Kelman Cohen I, Diegelmann RF, Lindblad WJ, eds. Wound healing; biochemical and clinical aspect. 1992: 500-509
2. Cohen IK, Peacock EE Jr. Keloids and hypertrophic scars. In: Plastic surgery, vol.1. 1990:732-746
3. Stegman SJ, Tromovitch TA, Glogan RG. Treatment of keloids. In: Stegman SJ, eds. Cosmetics Dermatologicnd Surgery, 2 ed. Chiacago: Year book Medical, 1990. p. 201-206
4. Stucker FJ, Shaw GY. An approach to management of keloids. Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1992;118:63-67
5. Murray JC. Scars and keloids. Dermatol Clin 1993;11: 697-707.
6. Rockwell WB, Cohen IK, Ehrlich HP. Keloids and hyper-trophic scars. A comprehensive review. Plast Reconstr Surg 1989;84:827-837
7. Lanza JT, Lucente FE, Har-el G. Keloid. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1992;106:741-742
8. Hendricks WM. Complications of hear piercing. Treatment and prevention. Cutis 1991;48:386-393
9. Ketchum LD, Cohen IK, Masters FW. Hypertrophic scars and keloids. Plastic Reconstr Surg 1974;53:140-153
10. Kelly AP. Keloids. Dermatol Clin 1988; 6:413-424
11. Rudolph R. Wide spread scars, hypertrophic scars and keloids. Clin Plast Surg 1987;14:253-260
12. Zuber TJ, Dewitt DE. Earlobe keloids. An Fam Physician 1994;49:1835-1841
13. Babu M, Boi PR, Suguna L, Ramachandran K, Ramakrish-nan KM. Differentition of keloid and hypertrophic scars; correlation of the water proton relaxation times with the duration of the scar. Physiol Chem Phys Med NMR 1993;25: 113-120
14. Kazeem AA. The immunological aspects of keloid tumor formation. J Surg Oncol 1988;38:16-18
15. English RS, Shenefelt PD. Keloids and hypertrophic scars. Dermatol Surg 1999;25:631-638.
16. Nakaoka H. Miyauchi S, Miki Y. Proliferating acitvity of der mal fibrobalsts in keloids and hypertrophic scars. Acta Derm Venereol (Stockh) 1995;75:102-104
17. Oliver N, Babu M, Diegelmann R. Fibronectin gene transcription is enhanced in abnormal wound healing. J Invest Dermatol 1992;99:579-586
18. Babu M, Diegelmann R, Oliver N. Fibronectin is overproduced by keloid fibroblasts during abnormal wound healing. Mol Cell Biol 1989;9:1642-1650
19. Border WA, Noble NA. TGF-β. Sci Am Sci Med 1995;2: 68-77.
20. Peltonen J, Hsiao LL, Jaakola S, et al. Activation of collagen gene expression in Keloids: co-localization of type I and type VI collagen and transforming growth factor-b1 in RNA. J Invest Dermatol 1991;97:240-242
21. Younai S, Ventors G, Vu S, Nichter L, Nimni M, Taun T. Role of growth factors in scar contraction: an in vitro analysis . Ann Plast Surg 1996;36:495-501.
22. Nowak KC, McCormack M, Koch RJ. The effct of super-pulsed carbon dioxide laser energy on keloid and normal dermal fibroblast secretion of growth factors: a serum-free study plastic and reconstructive surgery 2000, vol.105, no.6, 2039-2049