Background : Fractional CO2 laser resurfacing in the treatment of acne scars, attempts to reduce adverse effect by creating microscopic injury zones dermis with skipped interval areas. Aim study The purpose this is compare safety and efficacy high pulse energy (70 mJ) low (45 fractional facial scars. Patients Methods Twenty patients moderate severe atrophic scars were treated three sessions at ...

INTRODUCTION Atrophic scarring occurs throughout the course of inflammatory acne and across the spectrum of severity. This study evaluates perceptions of the general population toward individuals with clear skin and acne scars. METHODS An online survey administered in the USA, UK, Japan, Germany, France and Brazil to respondents 18 years and over presented three facial pictures of clear skin ...

The livedoid vasculopathy is an obstructive vascular process of etiology not yet fully known, being possibly associated with several prothrombotic events. It is clinically characterized by the presence of painful and recurring purpuric lesions, which usually suffer ulceration and evolve with formation of white atrophic scars usually located in the lower limbs. Two cases are here reported of pai...

Striae distensae: Are scars on the skin that have an atrophic linear depression, produced by stretching of skin. Causes include puberty, pregnancy, mechanical stress, hormonal, genetic role and cachectic states medications. Treatment occurred enhancing collagen production or reducing vascularity. Micro needling (MN) is a modern therapeutic option in dermatology. MN instruments automated micro d...

The clinical features of the long-term (3-year) natural history of experimental histoplasmic choroiditis in primates are documented in this report. The acute choroiditis resolved into four types of lesions: chorioretinal adhesions (atrophic scars) (2%); retinal pigment epithelial window defects (21%); subclinical lesions (19%); and "disappearing" lesions (58%). It was noted that the most obviou...

BACKGROUND Atrophic scar revision techniques, although numerous, have been hampered by inadequate clinical responses and prolonged postoperative recovery periods. Nonablative laser treatment has been shown to effect significant dermal collagen remodeling with minimal posttreatment sequelae. Although many studies have been published regarding the effectiveness of these nonablative lasers on rhyt...

We present a diabetic patient with associated two diabetic dermatoses: diabetic dermopathy ("shin spots") and diabetic bullae. A 34-year-old man, with long history of diabetes mellitus, hypertension, and moderate obesity presented to Dermatology Unit for diagnosis of his skin lesions. On clinical examination multiple, light brown, irregular patches, with atrophic scars and crusts over large bul...