Fractional Ablative Skin Resurfacing

Groove Patterns of Ablation for Fractional Skin Resurfacing: Healing Time Course Study and Histologic Evaluation
Ross, E.V., Doherty S., Seckel B., PMTI, 2009.
"The goal of this paper is to describe a healing time course clinical study and histologic evaluation of ex vivo porcine skin following treatment with the Lux2940 Groove Optic insert..." 

Groove Patterns of Ablation for Fractional Skin Resurfacing: Clinical Results and Applications
Doherty S., Seckel B., Dierickx C., Ross E.V., PMTI, 2009.
"We report findings on a novel fractional skin resurfacing technology which uses a groove pattern of injury as opposed to the column pattern delivered with 'traditional' fractional beam resurfacing." 

Advantages of a Groove Pattern of Micro-Fractional Ablation for Facial Skin Resurfacing
Doherty S., Seckel B., Ross E.V., American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery Abstracts, 2009.
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Novel, Micro-Fractional Ablative Erbium Laser for Wrinkle Reduction and Skin Resurfacing
Ross E.V., Khatri K., PMTI, 2008.
"The marked improvement in perioral and periorbital wrinkles from fractional Lux2940 treatments observed in these clinical studies is similar to multi-pass CO2 treatments, but with much less patient discomfort and less downtime. Subjects and practitioners have the unique option of tailoring their Lux2940 treatments to best meet the subject's goals for outcome...." 

Fractionated Delivery of Er:Yag Laser Light To Improve Efficacy And Safety Of Ablative Resurfacing Procedure
Dierickx C., Khatri K., Altshuler G., Childs J., Erofeev A., Smirnov M., Tabatadze D., Yaroslavsky I. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 2007.
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