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Laser Management of Scars

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Editors:
  1. Kayvan Shokrollahi

    1. Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit, Whiston Hospital, Liverpool, UK

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  • Presents a variety of laser treatments

  • Edited by an expert in laser treatment, in particular in skin oncology and scar management with carbon dioxide lasers

  • Valuable resource for plastic surgeons and dermatologists

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction to Lasers and Their Use in Scar Management

    • Kayvan Shokrollahi
    Pages 1-2

  3. Pathophysiology of Scarring

    • Nastaran Sargazi, David Bodansky, Kayvan Shokrollahi
    Pages 3-5

  4. Decision-Making for Safe and Effective Laser Treatment: The Laser Test Patch

    • Kayvan Shokrollahi, Charlotte Defty
    Pages 7-8

  5. Laser Strategies for Complex Scars: Experience from Establishing a Supra-Regional Laser Service for Burns and Complex Scarring

    • Kayvan Shokrollahi, Luke Taylor, Parneet Gill
    Pages 9-30

  6. Carbon Dioxide Laser Treatment for Scars

    • Swati Kannan, David Ozog
    Pages 31-41

  7. Pulsed Dye Laser Treatment for the Treatment of Hypertrophic Burns Scarring

    • Mark Brewin, Kayvan Shokrollahi
    Pages 43-46

  8. Long-Pulsed 1064-nm Nd:YAG Laser Treatment for Keloids and Hypertrophic Scars

    • Rei Ogawa
    Pages 47-52

  9. Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) Monotherapy for Scars

    • Umarah Muhammad, Yvonne Stubbington, Kayvan Shokrollahi
    Pages 53-56

  10. Nd:YAG Laser and Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) in the Treatment of Hypertrophic and Keloid Scar

    • Jared L. Potts, Jillian M. McLaughlin, Dexter W. Weeks, Ludwik K. Branski, William B. Norbury
    Pages 57-63

  11. Laser Management of Acne Scars

    • Paolo Bonan, Nicola Bruscino, Andrea Bassi, Michela Troiano, Emiliano Schincaglia, Anne Le Pillouer-Prost
    Pages 65-75

  12. Strategies for Keloid and Hypertrophic Scars with Lasers

    • Gerd G. Gauglitz, Julian Poetschke
    Pages 77-81

  13. ‘Acid Attack’ Scars: Strategy for Scars from Assaults Using Corrosive Substances

    • Kayvan Shokrollahi
    Pages 83-85

  14. Photodynamic Therapy for the Treatment of Scars

    • Kayvan Shokrollahi, Charlotte Hardman
    Pages 87-92

  15. 1550-nm Erbium:Glass and 1927-nm Thulium Non-Ablative Fractional Lasers for the Treatment of Burn Scars

    • Joy Tao, David Surprenant, Amanda Champlain, Charles Weddington, Lauren Moy, Rebecca Tung
    Pages 93-99

  16. Laser Depilation in Scar and Burn Management: Scar Folliculitis, Heterotopic Hair Growth, and Keloids

    • Corina Lavelle, Umarah Muhammad, Yvonne Stubbington, Kayvan Shokrollahi
    Pages 101-106

  17. Informed Consent for Laser Therapy in Scar Management

    • Youssof Oskrochi, David Bodansky, Kayvan Shokrollahi, Adeyinka Molajo
    Pages 107-110

  18. Complications Including Scarring Caused by Lasers

    • Kayvan Shokrollahi
    Pages 111-113
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About this book

This book addresses the management of scars using lasers and light. The authors provide a comprehensive overview of the current laser modalities and the science and evidence behind them. They also present various treatments, including those using carbon dioxide lasers, Erbium:YAG lasers, pulsed dye lasers and Q-switched lasers. The book includes detailed information on the treatment of burn, acne, keloid and hypertrophic scars, as well as discussions of the complications of laser treatments and ethical and medico-legal issues. 

Scars have many causes, including trauma and burns, but also medical treatments themselves - scars are an inevitable consequence of most surgery. There have been significant advances in laser and light technology over the last decade, and the management of scars with a variety of lasers has been adopted both in traditional healthcare settings and in the cosmetic sector. Edited by a respected burns and plastic surgeon, this book is a valuable resource for a variety of clinicians including dermatologists, laser practitioners, physiotherapists and occupational therapists, burn care professionals, as well as multidisciplinary teams working with patients with scars of all aetiologies.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit, Whiston Hospital, Liverpool, UK

    Kayvan Shokrollahi

About the editor

Professor Kayvan Shokrollahi is a Burns, Plastic, and Laser Surgeon at the Mersey Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Unit in the UK, Editor-in-Chief of the international journal Scars, Burns & Healing (SAGE), Associate Editor of the journal Annals of Plastic Surgery (LWW), and Chairman of the charity The Katie Piper Foundation. He was awarded the Hunterian Professorship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 2007 and holds an Honorary Chair at Edge Hill University. He graduated from Bristol University with both a Bachelor of Science degree with first class honours in Cellular and Molecular Pathology and a degree in Medicine. He went on to graduate with both a Master of Science degree in Clinical Engineering as well as a Master of Law degree with commendation, having developed a specific interest in consent for medical treatment and the ethics and law related to medicine. He has a strong academic and research interest having published over seventy peer-reviewed articles in the scientific literature. He has written dozens of book chapters in a variety of reconstructive, aesthetic, scientific and legal subjects relevant to his diverse interests and expertise. He is an authority on pinnaplasty, with numerous novel techniques, anatomical and flap studies in addition to expertise in aspects of laser treatment in particular skin oncology and scar management with the carbon dioxide laser.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Laser Management of Scars

  • Editors: Kayvan Shokrollahi

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52919-2

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-52918-5Published: 25 November 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-52921-5Published: 25 November 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-52919-2Published: 24 November 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 113

  • Number of Illustrations: 250 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Plastic Surgery, Dermatology

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