Lasers News

An update on Patrick Hardison, who received the most extensive face transplant ever performed 1 year ago, was among the most-read articles of the past week on Healio.com/Dermatology.

Study findings that burning-hair plume during laser hair removal contained carcinogens and environmental toxins was among the recent developments in dermatological lasers reported on Healio.com/Dermatology.

Study findings that there were no major differences in the rates of postoperative surgical site infection in outpatient cutaneous surgical procedures performed with sterile gloves vs. nonsterile gloves was among the most-read articles of the past week on Healio.com/Dermatology.

Merz North America announced it has acquired ON Light Sciences, a U.S. medical device company that develops technologies to enhance laser-based dermatologic procedures, including the DeScribe Transparent PFD Patch for laser tattoo removal.

A literature review finding that autologous fat grafting achieved cosmetic breast augmentation with satisfactory levels of volume retention in some studies was among the most-read articles of the past week on Healio.com/Dermatology.

Long-pulsed alexandrite laser with a fractional hand piece produced moderately effective results in treating women with melasma, according to recently published study results.

Endovenous laser ablation using a 1,320-nm laser along with foam sclerotherapy and phlebectomy as appropriate was effective at treating chronic venous ulcers, according to recently published study results.

Research finding that patients with psoriasis being treated with Remicade had no significant change in clinical response when switching to an infliximab biosimilar was among the most-read articles of the past week on Healio.com/Dermatology.

A noninvasive treatment with ablative fractional laser–assisted topical fluorouracil was effective for superficial basal cell carcinoma and primary squamous cell carcinoma in situ, according to recent study data.

Study findings that incidence of melanoma in situ increased at a faster rate than invasive melanoma was among the most-read articles of the past week on Healio.com/Dermatology.