Extensively
sun damaged eyelid skin demonstrating dermal thinning and wrinkling
treated with erbium laser resurfacing alone
Pre-treatment:
Post-treatment:
Wrinkling
and deep creases resulting from sun damaged skin and loss of
bone volume surounding the upper and lower jaw dentition. Treated
with erbium laser resurfacing and fat grafting
to the lips and cheek creases.
Fat
grafting involves the transfer of small parcels of fat
cells from a donor area (often the abdomen or hips). Approximately
50–70% of the grafted fat cells will establish a blood
supply and thereafter survive permanantly.
Treatment
of skin lesions with Erbium Laser
Clinical
example 1:
Pre-treatment:
Benign raised skin lesion
Day
3: following ablation with erbium laser. The wound requires
regular cleansing with water and cover with medical grade vaseline.
Day
7: The wound has now healed and has intact epithelial cover.
It is important to protect the wound from direct ultraviolet
(sunlight) with sunscreens to avoid excessive pigmentation during
this phase. The redness can be covered with make-up.
4
weeks postoperatively: The redness (erythema) has resolved
and the complexion of the skin is essentially normal
