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Profractional - Safe for People with Keloid Tendencies?
asked 1 year ago by Los Angeles2842 in Los Angeles, CA
Latest answer by Emily Altman, MD
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Tags: keloid scar, safety
I'm Considering a Profractional Tx is It Safe for People with Kelodal Tendencies.
1 answer to Profractional - Safe for People with Keloid Tendencies?
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Fractional laser technology not there yet for patients with keloid tendencies
Unfortunately there are no large scale studies available yet for fractional laser technology and keloid tendecies. In the medical literature there are reports of increased hypertrophic or keloidal scarring in certain skin areas after fractional resurfacing.
There are also research articles showing the effects of fractional resurfacing on cells that produce keloids, so called keloidal fibroblasts, with some promise that the keloidal activity of these cells is decreased and they...
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