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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?

1 Doctor Answer | Asked 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

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