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Laser for Acne Treatment |
by:
Antonio Howell, M.D. |
Acne is practically universal.
The first thing that anyone sees
is our skin and hence the importance
of keeping it looking healthy and
radiant.
By looking at our skin people
judge our age, health and even
if they want to continue to be
around us.
A fairly recent player in the
medical arsenal to treat
acne is the laser.
A 2004 study done by the
University of Houston Medical
School MD Anderson Cancer
Center treated 19 patients with
inflammatory facial acne with
1450-nm diode laser.
Each patient was their own
control. Study photographs
and lesions counts were obtained
at baseline and after each
treatment.
Miraculously, all patients had
a reduction in acne. Acne
lesions counts decreased with
each treatment. On average
after just three treatments
there was an average of
83% reduction in acne lesions
observed.
Side effects of treatment were
related to pain, redness and
swelling at the site of treatment
but patients reported that side
effects were well tolerated.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr Antonio Howell, MD is a
Wellness & Fitness Enthusiast.
Visit his http://drhowell.net
and http://drhowellnet.blogspot.com
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Others and Changing Lives by
Sharing Ideas to Enhance Health".
Source: Dermatol Surg. 2004 Feb;30(2 Pt 1):147-51.
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