Associate Professor Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Gulhane Military Medical Academy Ankara,Turkey Address: Doç.Dr.Bülent SATAR GATA KBB Anabilim Dali, Gen.Tevfik Saglam cad. 06018, Etlik-Ankara/Turkey Office Phone: (90) 312 3045709 Fax: (90) 312 3045700 E-Mail: bulentsatar@yahoo.com CHAPTER OUTLINE 1.DEFINITIONS 1.1.Radiation 1.2.Amplification 1.3.Light 1.4.Stimulated Emission 2.LASER COMPONENTS 3.COMMONLY USED LASERS 3.1.CO2 Laser 3.2.Argon Laser 3.3.Nd:YAG Laser… Read More
Superficial Skin Resurfacing
CONTACT AUTHOR: Steven Dayan, MD No financial disclosures to report. ABSTRACT Options for both the cosmetic surgeon offering and patients seeking treatment for cutaneous aging have expanded greatly in recent years and continue to grow. Increasingly sophisticated aesthetic patients are seeking procedures to rejuvenate in record numbers but many are unwilling to tolerate a large… Read More
Combined CO2 and Erbium Yag
What is the Combined CO2 and Erbium Yag Laser? A combined, dual-wavelength CO2/Er:YAG laser system has the ability to deliver both clean ablation of skin with the erbium wavelength and a simultaneous deeper penetrating subablative thermal pulse of CO2 for full-face resurfacing. What happens during the CO2 and Erbium Yag laser? In this treatment, the… Read More
CO2 Laser
What is a CO2 laser? This laser is made up of a gas mixture and composed of 4 elements: Carbon Dioxide, Helium, Nitrogen, and Hydrogen. Because CO2 lasers operate in the infrared, special materials are necessary for their construction. This type of laser precisely removes thin layers of skin with minimal damage to your surrounding… Read More
CO2 Fraxel Laser
What is the CO2 Fraxel Laser? The CO2 laser is the gold standard for laser skin resurfacing in order to treat the effects of facial skin aging. The latest laser technology, the fractional CO2 laser, offers many of the benefits of the full face CO2 laser, with a fraction of the downtime. The laser is… Read More
Treat Acne Scars With Laser-Guided CO2 Pinpoint Irradiation
Acne scars are one of the most difficult conditions to treat as multiple sessions are required to improve scars but never really eliminate them. A newer technique used in the office of Dr. Anil Shah is the use of targeted CO2 laser treatments to individual acne scars. This treatment works by using an infrared guided… Read More