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Is Ablative Fractional Co2 Lasering Effective At Reducing The Appearance Of Moderate To Severe Atrophic Acne Scars As Per Patient Reports?, Katie N. Moses Jan 2015

Is Ablative Fractional Co2 Lasering Effective At Reducing The Appearance Of Moderate To Severe Atrophic Acne Scars As Per Patient Reports?, Katie N. Moses

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Objective: Is ablative fractional CO2 lasering effective at reducing the appearance of moderate to severe atrophic acne scars?

Study Design: Review of published articles including one randomized controlled trial with blinded response evaluation, one randomized split-faced clinical study and one clinical trial were used for this review and were selected based on their relevance to the clinical question.

Data Source: The most recent trials examining ablative fractional CO2 lasering for the treatment of moderate to severe atrophic acne scars were found using PubMed.

Outcome Measured: Patient reported reduction in the appearance of atrophic acne scars was the outcome measured.

Results: …