SynthesisLasers in medical science2022
Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials comparing efficacy, safety, and satisfaction between ablative and non-ablative lasers in facial and hand rejuvenation/resurfacing.
Synthesis in Lasers in medical science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
15 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- A systematic review and meta-analysis of efficacy, safety, and satisfaction rates of laser combination treatments vs laser monotherapy in skin rejuvenation resurfacing.Lasers in medical science · 2023Pooled it
- TFOS Lifestyle: Impact of cosmetics on the ocular surface.The ocular surface · 2023Pooled it
- Efficacy of fractional COStem cell research & therapy · 2023Trial
- Use of a nanosecond Q-switched 1064 nm Nd: YAG laser for photoaging management in Asian skin: a retrospective study.Lasers in medical science · 2026Article
- Preventive and Therapeutic Interventions in Solar Elastosis and Photoaging: A Comprehensive Systematic Review.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Sequential Fractional COJournal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Photoaging: Current Concepts on Molecular Mechanisms, Prevention, and Treatment.American journal of clinical dermatology · 2025Review
- Concomitant Use of Botulinum Toxin and Super Long Nd:YAG Laser.Journal of cosmetic dermatology · 2025Article
- A New Approach with Combined Microneedle and Sublative Fractional Radiofrequency for Photoaging Management: A Clinical, Histometric, and Immunohistochemical Study.Aesthetic plastic surgery · 2025Article
- Energy-Based Skin Rejuvenation: A Review of Mechanisms and Thermal Effects.Journal of cosmetic dermatology · 2025Review
- A Novel Technique for Eye Rejuvenation: A Case Series of the Combined Use of COJournal of cosmetic dermatology · 2025Article
- Radiofrequency for Facial & Neck Rejuvenation: A Bibliometric Analysis.Aesthetic surgery journal. Open forum · 2025Review
- A retrospective study of non-insulated microneedle radiofrequency on wrinkles of facial photoaging subjects.Lasers in medical science · 2024Article
- Dermatological ultrasound in assessing skin aging.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Review
- Editorial: Physical therapy in the treatment of skin diseases and its mechanism.Frontiers in medicine · 2023Article
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Authors and funding
7 authors.
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Abstract
Skin aging inevitably begins from the very early days of life. The lasers used in skin rejuvenation are mainly of two types: ablative and non-ablative. This meta-analysis aimed at comparing ablative with non-ablative lasers in terms of their efficacy and safety in skin rejuvenation. Articles published by March 15, 2020 in Embase, Medline (PubMed), Scopus, Cochrane, and clinicalTrials.gov were searched. The inclusion criteria included randomized controlled clinical trials (RCTs) in English using ablative and non-ablative lasers and comparing their safety and efficiency in wrinkle improvement and photoaging therapy. Out of 1353 extracted articles, 11 were selected for qualitative synthesis and of these, 4 were quantitatively analyzed. Different modes of various lasers were implemented; the ablative lasers included Erbium: yttrium-aluminium-garnet (Er:YAG) and CO
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