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Review

Clinical Case Reports: Scar Prevention by Laser Treatment in Mastopexy With Implant

Vincent Hunsinger  1   2   3 , Martin Lhuaire  3 , Ibrahim Dagher  4 , Laurent Lantieri  3
Luc Téot  1 , Thomas A. Mustoe  2 , Esther Middelkoop  3 , Gerd G. Gauglitz  4
, editors.
In: Textbook on Scar Management: State of the Art Management and Emerging Technologies [Internet]. Cham (CH): Springer; 2020. Chapter 59.
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Review

Clinical Case Reports: Scar Prevention by Laser Treatment in Mastopexy With Implant

Vincent Hunsinger et al.
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In this chapter, Vincent Hunsinger, MD, former chief of clinic in the department of Professor Lantieri at Georges Pompidou European Hospital in Paris and in post-bariatric silhouette surgery after massive weight loss under the direction of Professor Ibrahim Dagher (Hospital Antoine Beclère, Clamart, France) presents a technique of improvement of postoperative scars by the use of an automated 1210 nm diode laser system (UrgoTouch®). The interest of this technique is to limit/prevent postoperative hypertrophy and scar enlargement.

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