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ARLEN D. MEYERS, MD, MBA
Denver, Colo

Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 1990;116(10):1128.

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Roughly 15 years have passed since the introduction of lasers into facial plastic and reconstructive surgery. Using lasers that generate heat to destroy tissues, surgeons have found many applications in the treatment of tumors, tattoos, and vascular lesions. Now, we are being tantalized with reports of the value of low-watt lasers in accelerating wound healing, speeding neural regeneration, and relieving pain.

Although several clinicians have reported the ability of lasers to stimulate wound healing and cell growth, the literature is rife with conflicting data and confusing claims about the ability of low-watt lasers to heal wounds and ulcers, to stimulate various parts of wound healing in vitro, and to modulate other biologic processes. Problems with comparing results include the use of different lasers, different time exposures, difference fluences, the use of different animal models and cell systems, and using culture media that, by themselves, may have chromophores present in them. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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