Rhytidectomy analysis: twenty years of experience.

Careful analysis of a rhytidectomy patient is an important aspect of facial plastic surgery. Surgeons and physicians are successful when they diagnose patients correctly and apply the correct treatment plan. The skilled facial plastic surgeon appropriately evaluates the patient physically and emotionally then performs the correct surgical maneuvers to achieve the desired results.

Effect of blended CO2 and erbium:YAG laser irradiation on normal and keloid fibroblasts: a serum-free study.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of combined CO2 and Er:YAG laser irradiation on normal (NF) and keloid (KF) facial dermal fibroblast production of TGF-beta1 and bFGF.

Background Data: Keloids produce excess collagen. TGF-beta1 is integral to the growth and stimulation of fibroblasts and collagen; bFGF inhibits collagen synthesis.