The Safety and Effectiveness of Single-Pass Erbium:YAG Laser in the Treatment of Mild to Moderate Photodamage

Abstract

One-pass short-pulse erbium:YAG laser in treating photodamage of the face and neck is safe and effective. There are minimal side effects and patients heal within 3 to 5 days.

Systematic evaluations of skin damage irradiated by an erbium:YAG laser: Histopathologic analysis, proteomic profiles, and cellular response

“…The quicker healing is presumably related to the superficial nature of Er:YAG laser ablation. A previous study [28] suggested the erythema lasts an average of 5 days. This duration approximates what we found.…”

Ablative versus non‐ablative treatment of perioral rhytides. A randomized controlled trial with long‐term blinded clinical evaluations and non‐invasive measurements

“…Nevertheless, from six randomized controlled trials and four non-randomized controlled trials it seems that non-ablative skin rejuvenation induces a mild to moderate improvement of rhytides lasting up to 6 months after end treatment [4,9,10,21,[28][29][30][31][32][33]. However, blinded evaluations as well as statistical analysis were not performed in all studies.…”

Periorbital Rejuvenation with Fractional 1,550-nm Ytterbium/Erbium Fiber Laser and Variable Square Pulse 2,940-nm Erbium:YAG laser in Asians: A Comparison Study

“…6,7 The degree of epidermal and dermal tissue coagulation depends on factors such as pulse energy and density, which are varied according to the objective of treatments. [12][13][14][15][16] Histologic study showed more elastin fibers and accentuation of collagen, [12][13][14] but the traditional short-pulse (SP) erbium pulse durations of 250 ls operates in an almost purely ablative mode, with only a thin layer of thermal damage, no immediate wound contraction, and less collagen contraction, thus producing less-impressive clinical improvement of facial rhytides than CO 2 laser systems. In previous studies, fractional 1,550-nm erbium-doped fiber lasers were safe and effective in the treatment of facial and nonfacial photodamaged skin, including wrinkles and pigmentation.…”