BookJae Dong Lee, Min Jin Maya Oh.
Summary: In the book of 'Lasers in Dermatology: Parameters and Choice,' specific laser parameters are described around each laser instrument for these novices. However, since it is impossible to treat effective and safe laser simply by memorizing parameters, it is described based on the important principles that is essential for parameter control. This book describes a total of 13 lasers and energy-based devices : Q-switched ruby laser, Q-switched Nd:YAG laser, picosecond alexandrite laser, long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser, pulsed-dye laser, intense pulsed light (IPL), long-pulsed alexandrite laser, Er:YAG laser, CO2 fractional laser, fractional microneedle radiofrequency (RF), light-emitting diode (LED), skin equipment, and 1,450nm diode laser. And for novices, it explains the simple principles of lasers and the concepts you need to know when you start skin care and laser. It also explains the treatment of scars and melasma, which are the diseases that novices are most interested in. Finally, it describes post-inflammatory (PIH) and side effects and complications that novices are embarrassed about in diagnosis and treatment.
Contents:
I. Principles of Laser
1. Six parameters of lasers in dermatology
II. Choice of laser and medical skin care
2. Choice of laser
3. Medical skin care
III. Lasers and parameters
4. Q-switched Ruby laser and absorption coefficient
5. Q-switched Nd:YAG laser and subcellular selective photothermolysis
6. Alexandrite picosecond laser and stress confinement time
7. Long-pulsed Nd:YAG laser and Arrhenius equation
8. Pulsed-dye laser and macropulse
9. Intense pulsed light and extended theory of selective photothermolysis
10. Long-pulsed alexandrite laser and thermal kinetic selectivity
11. CO2, Er:YAG laser and residual thermal damage
12. CO2 fractional laser and fractional photothermolysis
IV. Energy-based devices and parameters
13. Fractional microneedle radiofrequency and conductivity
14. Light emitting diode and Arndt-Schultz curve
15. Skin care equipment and calcium gradient
V. Treatment of acne, scar and melasma
16. Photodynamic therapy and consensus of acne treatment
17. Acne atrophic scar and hisology
18. Melasma and melanogenesis
VI. Complications of laser treatment
19. Pathogenesis and treatment of post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation
20. Complications and its treatment in laser treatment.