Lasers News

Sciton Inc. announced the winners of its 2015 Best Before and After Photo Contest, which allows physicians and clinicians to share their laser results with the Sciton community, according to a press release.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia  — In this video, Shehnaz Arsiwala, MD, of Prince Aly Khan Hospital, Mumbai, India, discusses the protocol for treating acne scars in Indian skin types at the World Congress of Dermatology.

The International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery released its annual statistics on cosmetic surgical and nonsurgical procedures for 2014, with botulinum toxin remaining the most popular procedure overall for both men and women.

Concurrent laser resurfacing and rhytidectomy is safe and can be performed in certain patients using ablative mode only over the undermined flap, according to research in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.

Patients who underwent high ligation and stripping or high ligation and endovenous laser ablation of the great saphenous vein experienced good clinical outcomes with no significant differences at 5-year follow-up in a recent study.

The number of laser procedures to remove unwanted hair jumped more than 50% between 2012 and 2014, according to survey results from the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery.

The top cosmetic procedures for the fourth year were those using lasers, lights and energy-based devices, according to survey results from the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery.

MELA Sciences has acquired the XTRAC and VTRAC dermatology businesses from PhotoMedex for $42.5 million in cash and assumption of certain business-related liabilities, according to a press release.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — A modified R20 method for tattoo removal with a Q-switched Nd YAG laser produced significantly greater results over the conventional technique on the darker skin of Indian patients.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — High frequency ultrasound is a helpful tool for precise evaluation for dermal fillers and scar localization, including their volume and borders with surrounding tissue, according to data presented at the 23rd Annual World Congress of Dermatology.