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Review
. 2016 May;74(5):821-33; quiz 834, 833.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2015.06.026.

Immediate skin responses to laser and light treatments: Therapeutic endpoints: How to obtain efficacy

Molly Wanner  1 , Fernanda H Sakamoto  2 , Mathew M Avram  2 , Henry H Chan  3 , Murad Alam  4 , Zeina Tannous  5 , R Rox Anderson  2
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Review

Immediate skin responses to laser and light treatments: Therapeutic endpoints: How to obtain efficacy

Molly Wanner et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2016 May.

Abstract

Clinical endpoints are immediate or early tissue reactions that occur during laser treatment. They can guide the laser surgeon in delivering safe and effective laser treatment. Some endpoints act as warning signs of injury to the skin; others can indicate a therapeutic response. The first article in this series reviewed undesirable and warning endpoints, and this article focuses on desirable and therapeutic endpoints and their underlying mechanisms in laser surgery. We will also review treatments without clinical endpoints.

Keywords: endpoint; immediate skin responses; laser; light; skin; therapeutic.

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