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Laser Therapy: When, Where, and Why

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Practical Pediatric Dermatology

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Pediatric dermatology is a unique and promising subspecialty in dermatology. It deals with various genetic and acquired skin disorders that affect children and adolescents. Since they are young and vulnerable patients, the treatment of these diseases should be safe and effective, and it should not cause any harm to them. Laser therapy is one treatment modality that can be used to treat various genetic and acquired dermatologic conditions. But, in certain situations, there are still challenges and controversies of using it in kids, which I will discuss.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Amiri Hospital, Ministry of Health, 161, Al-surra, 45702, Kuwait

    Jasem Alshaiji MD

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    Arnold P. Oranje

  2. Farwaniya, Kuwait

    Nawaf Al-Mutairi

  3. Department of Dermatology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA

    Tor Shwayder

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Alshaiji, J. (2016). Laser Therapy: When, Where, and Why. In: Oranje, A., Al-Mutairi, N., Shwayder, T. (eds) Practical Pediatric Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32159-2_26

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