Treatment of Pain in Keloids Using Only a Long-Pulsed 1064 nm Nd:YAG Laser.

Payal M PatelAbnoeal D BakusBenjamin C GardenOlivia LaiVirginia A JonesJerome M Garden

Published in: Lasers in surgery and medicine (2020)

Keloids are a common condition with variable rates of treatment satisfaction. Lasers have been used in an attempt to improve clinical appearance and associated symptoms. We report a significant reduction in pain for patients treated exclusively with a 1064 nm Nd:YAG laser. Lasers Surg. Med. © 2020 Wiley Periodicals LLC.

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