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Treatment of abnormal scars, such as hypertrophic scars, vascularized hypertrophic scars, keloids, post-acne scars, and atrophic scars, consists of various therapies (intralesional corticosteroids, interferon, topical retinoids, excisional surgery, etc.). Treatments by laser systems such as 10,600-nm ablative CO2 laser, 10,600-nm fractional microablative CO2 laser, 595-nm pulsed dye laser (PDL), and near- and medium-infrared sources, however, are very effective.

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Special thanks to Dr. Luigi Bennardo, Dr. Giuseppe Lodi and Dr. Francesca Negosanti for their precious contribution in editing and revising this chapter.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy

    Giovanni Cannarozzo & Mario Sannino

  2. Department of Health Science, Magna Graecia University, Catanzaro, Italy

    Steven Paul Nisticò

  3. Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Surgery, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA

    Keyvan Nouri

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Cannarozzo, G., Nisticò, S.P., Nouri, K., Sannino, M. (2020). Laser and Scars. In: Atlas of Lasers and Lights in Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31232-9_10

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