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Non-ablative Lasers Increase Collagen Production?

Do non-ablative lasers actually do anything to increase collagen production and help fine lines, or is this a scam?

Asked 28 months ago by stacey01 in new jersey
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Non-ablative lasers and collagen production

I honestly think it is a scam but it is also the truth. Let me explain. I did a study about 8 years ago that won the prestigious John Orlando Roe Award for basic science research. In this study on a pig (closest model to human skin and also the pig was not hurt or killed), we found in a blinded, prospective controlled study that the collagen growth both measured quantitatively and qualitatively were significant and also proportionate to carbon dioxide (ablative) and to the fluence... more
Samuel Lam, MD
Dallas Facial Plastic Surgeon
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