1. Advent and Evolution of Lasers in Dermatology 1
Anurag Tiwari
2. Physics of Light and Laser-tissue Interactions 4
Shekhar Neema, Manas Chatterjee
3. Setting up a Laser Practice 9
Sathish B Pai, Sudhir Nayak UK
4. Ethical Issues in Laser Practice 14
Nilay K Das, Amrita Sil
5. Pre- and Postoperative Care in Laser Surgery 18
Sirisha Singh
6. Anesthesia in Laser Practice 21
Sunaina Hameed, Warren B Seiler III
7. Cooling Devices in Laser Practice 34
Amal H Al Salmi, Yousuf M Al Washahi
8. Ablative Carbon Dioxide Lasers in Dermatology Practice 37
Krupa Shankar DS, Chakravarthi M Ravindran
9. Treatment of Benign Tumors of Skin With Carbon Dioxide Laser 44
Krupa Shankar DS, Chakravarthi M Ravindran
10. Laser- and Light-assisted Hair Reduction: Principles and Options 48
Deepti Ghia, Ahmed Al Issa, Abdullah Al Eisa, Sanjeev V Mulekar
11. I ntense Pulsed Light Therapy 54
Mukta Sachdev, Archana Samynathan
12. Laser Hair Removal: Diode Laser 59
Mukta Sachdev, Gillian R Britto
13. Laser Hair Reduction with Neodymium Doped Yttrium-aluminium-garnet Lasers 66
Anil Ganjoo
14. Evidence Based Approach in Hair Reduction 71
Biju Vasudevan, Samipa S Mukherjee, Chandrashekar BS
15. Lasers and Light for Pigmented Lesion: Opportunities and Limitations 77
Sanjeev J Aurangabadkar
16. Evidence Based Approach for Hyperpigmentary Diseases by Laser 93
Aparajita Ghosh, Saumya Panda
17. Lasers for Tattoo Removal 123
Chee-Leok Goh, Stephanie G Ho
18. Laser and Light Treatment of Acne 134
Shehnaz Z Arsiwala
19. Principles of Vascular Lasers 143
Abhishek De, Manmit K Hora
20. Pulsed Dye Laser for Vascular Lesions 149
Marisa Pongprutthipan
21. I ntense Pulsed Light for Vascular Lesions 159
Dhepe Niteen Vishwanath
22. Long-pulsed Neodymium Doped Yttrium-aluminium-garnet
Laser for Treatment of Vascular Malformations 166
Abhishek De, Manmit K Hora
23. Evidence Based Vascular Laser Treatment 171
Imran Majid
24. Scar Reduction: The Principles and The Options 177
Dhepe Niteen Vishwanath
25. N onablative Laser for Scar Reduction 187
Malavika Kohli, Banani Choudhury
26. Fractional Carbon Dioxide Lasers for Scar Reduction 198
Koushik Lahiri, Ishad Aggarwal
27. Erbium Doped Yttrium-aluminium-garnet Laser Treatment for Scars 206
Rajetha Damisetty
28. Evidence Based Approach to Laser Scar Reduction 217
Vijay P Zawar, Madhuri H Agarwal
29. Excimer Lasers 224
Atul Taneja, Tolongkhomba Potsangbam
30. Endovenous Laser Ablation in the Treatment of Varicose Veins 233
Ankur Talwar, Kshama Talwar
31. Laser Lipolysis 238
Jayashree Venkataram, Venkataram Mysore, Aniketh Venkataram
32. Cryolipolysis: Hype or Hope 244
Ankur Talwar, Kshama Talwar
33. Lasers in Onychomycosis 249
Aarti Sarda, Nidhi Sharma
34. Laser Training in India and the World 254
Rashmi Sarkar, Bhawna Wadhwa
35. When Lasers Go Wrong! 256
Chakravarthi R Srinivas, Muthuvel Kumaresan
36. Purchasing a Laser: Tips and Tricks 260
Abhishek De, Aarti Sarda, Anupam Das
37. Ethical Promotion on Social Media of Laser Facilities Offered by a Dermatologist 264
Emily M Altman
38. What is New in Lasers? 270
Vandana Mehta
Appendices
Appendix 1: Consent Forms and Patient Record Sheets 277
Asad Ansari, Projna Biswas
Appendix 2: Glossary of Terminologies in Laser 297
Samujjala Deb
Index 307
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