Table of Contents
PART I Basic Laser Science
1. Laser Physics for Surgical Applications
2. Laser Systems and Instrumentation for Aesthetic Surgery
3. Laser Safety
4. Selective Photothermolysis.
PART II Lasers for Skin Resurfacing and Treatment
5. Laser Resurfacing: An Overview.
6. Cutaneous Laser Exfoliation
7. Sharplan SilkTouch and FeatherTouch Flashscanners
8. Surgipulse Laser Resurfacing
9. Laser Resurfacing with Ultrapulse Carbon Dioxide Lasers.
10. Single-Pass, High-Fluence, Carbon Dioxide Laser Skin Resurfacing
11. The Luxar Laser System
12. Tru-Pulse Laser Resurfacing
13. The Derma 20 Erbium:YAG Laser
14. The Erbium:YAG Laser versus the Carbon Dioxide Laser
15. Nonexfoliating Laser Rejuvenation of Facial Rhytids
PART III Lasers for the Treatment of Vascular Lesions
16. Vascular Laser Systems
17. Management of Vascular Lesions of the Head and Neck
18. Copper Vapor and Copper Bromide Lasers
19. Flashlamp-Pumped Pulsed Dye Laser
20. The VersaPulse Laser
21. Noncoherent Filtered Flashlamp Intense Pulsed Light Device (PhotoDerm VL)
PART IV Laser Hair Removal
22. A Comparative Study of Intense Light and Laser Sources in Photoepilation
23. ESC/Sharplan Laser Hair Removal System
24. Hair Removal with the Long-Pulsed Ruby and Alexandrite Lasers
25. Hair Removal with the EpiLight System
PART V Laser Treatment of Pigmented Lesions and Tattoos
26. Laser Treatment of Pigmented Lesions and Tattoos: Use of Q-Switched Ruby Lasers
27. Q-Switched Neodymium:YAG Laser Treatment of Tattoos.
28. Alexandrite Laser Treatment of Pigmented Lesions and Tattoos
29. Treatment of Pigmented Lesions with Copper Bromide and Copper Vapor Lasers
PART VI Other Laser Treatments
30. Cutaneous Surgery with the Carbon Dioxide Laser.
31. Expanded Applications of the Carbon Dioxide Laser: Use of Magnification forthe Removal of Facial Lesions
32. Laser Revision of Scars
33. Treatment of Stretch Marks
34. Photodynamic Therapy of Skin Cancer.
PART VII Aesthetic Surgical Uses of Lasers
35. Lasers in Aesthetic Facial Surgery: An Overview.
36. Laser Rhytidectomy
37. Laser Blepharoplasty with the Sharplan XJ150
38. Coherent UltraPulse Carbon Dioxide Laser Blepharoplasty
39. Weekend Laser Neck Lift
40. Skin Resurfacing Using Bipolar Cautery
41. Skin Rejuvenation for Sun Damage, Aging, and Rosacea Using Intense Pulsed Light
