Facial rejuvenation : lasers, lights and energy based devices / coordination: Serge Dahn, Bertrand Pusel.

Originally published in French as: Rajeunissement du visage, coordination: Serge Dahan, Bertrand Pusel, 2014.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 18, 2015).

Includes bibliographical references.

Facial Rejuvenation; Foreword; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 -- Skin aging, pathophysiology and clinical signs; INTRODUCTION; INTRINSIC FACTORS IN SKIN AGING; EXTRINSIC FACTORS IN SKIN AGING; AGING OF THE SUBCUTANEOUS STRUCTURES; DERMATOPOROSIS; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 2 -- Basics of laser treatment; LASER IN DERMATOLOGY: A CENTURY OF LASER; WHAT EXACTLY IS A LASER?; LASER-TISSUE INTERACTIONS; LASER DEVICES FOR THE DERMATOLOGIST; HOWCAN A LASER BE USED?; CHAPTER 3 -- Photorejuvenation of the face through laser treatment of vascular or pigmented lesions and LED; FROM VASCULAR TO PIGMENTARY APPLICATIONS.

REJUVENATION AND PULSED DYE LASERREJUVENATION AND LONG-PULSED 1,064 NMND:YAG LASER; REJUVENATION AND 532 NMKTP LASER; REJUVENATION WITH 578 NMYELLOW LASER AND 511 NM COPPER VAPOUR LASER; REJUVENATION WITH LONG-PULSED ALEXANDRITE LASER; REJUVENATION AND TREATMENT OF PIGMENTED LESIONS USING Q-SWITCHED LASER: THE GOLD STANDARD; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 4 -- Facial skin aging and Intense Pulsed Light (IPL); WHAT IS INTENSE PULSED LIGHT AND HOW DOES IT DIFFER FROM LASERS?; INTENSE PULSED LIGHT FOR FACIAL SKIN PHOTOREJUVENATION; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 5 -- Skin resurfacing and conventional ablative lasers.

PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES OF RESURFACINGCORRECTING DERMATOHELIOSIS THROUGH CUTANEOUS RESURFACING; PATIENT SELECTION AND INFORMATION; PERFORMING RESURFACING; POST-OPERATIVE FOLLOW-UP; RESULTS; SIDE EFFECTS; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 6 -- Facial aging and non-ablative fractional photothermolysis; INTRODUCTION; TECHNICAL ASPECTS; CHOICE OF TREATMENT PARAMETERS; INDICATIONS; PATIENT SELECTION; WHAT OCCURS DURING A SESSION?; CLINICAL RESULTS; SIDE EFFECTS AND COMPLICATIONS; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 7 -- Ablative fractional laser therapy; INTRODUCTION; TECHNICAL ASPECTS; INDICATIONS; PATIENT SELECTION.

PREOPERATIVE MANAGEMENTCLINICAL STUDIES; COMBINATION TREATMENTS; PRACTICAL TIPS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REDUCING ADVERSE EFFECTS: EXPECTED SIDE EFFECTS AND POTENTIAL COMPLICATIONS; SUMMARY; CHAPTER 8 -- Fractional radiofrequency; RADIOFREQUENCIES; FRACTIONAL RF; EFFECTS OF FRACTIONAL RF -- WHICH EFFECTS ARE PROVEN?; COMBINATIONS WITH FRACTIONAL RF; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 9 -- Microfocused ultrasound; CHARACTERISTICS OF MICROFOCUSED ULTRASOUND; A USEFUL QUALITY OF ULTRASOUND REGARDING THE CUTANEOUS PHOTOTYPE; RECOVERY FROM TREATMENT; DISADVANTAGES; INDICATIONS AND EFFICACY; CONCLUSION.

CHAPTER 10 -- Facial rejuvenation: other techniquesCHEMICAL PEELS; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; CHEMICAL ADIPOCYTE LYSIS; THREAD LIFT; CHAPTER 11 -- Laser treatment consultation; INTRODUCTION; PRIOR CONSULTATION; TREATMENT; POST-TREATMENT CONSULTATION; CONCLUSION; CHAPTER 12 -- Lasers and related technologies, combined treatments in medical and cosmetic surgery; INTRODUCTION; LASERS AND RELATED TECHNOLOGIES ASSOCIATED TO INJECTIONS; LASERS AND INJECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH EYELID SURGERY; LASERS AND INJECTIONS ASSOCIATED WITH FACELIFTS; CONCLUSION.

CHAPTER 13 -- Interactions between lasers, related technologies and injectable products.

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