ReviewBioengineering (Basel, Switzerland)2025
Combined Laser Strategies for Scar Treatment: A Comprehensive Review of Synergistic Protocols.
Review in Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Fractional laser therapy versus microneedling for non-acne scars and scar-like dermal fibrotic lesions.Lasers in medical science · 2026Pooled it
- Laser treatment of acne scars: a bibliometric analysis and descriptive summary of clinical evidence directions over the past 20 years.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Comparison of a 755-nm picosecond laser and a 1565-nm nonablative fractional laser for the treatment of atrophic acne scars: a 20-week prospective, randomized, split-face clinical study.Lasers in medical science · 2026Trial
- Fractional COLasers in medical science · 2026Article
- Microneedling and Topical Retinyl Palmitate for Acne Scars: A Preliminary Split-Face Study with Placebo Control.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Laser Therapy in Basal Cell Carcinoma: Current Evidence, Literature Gaps and Future Perspectives.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- 675-nm diode laser as an adjuvant treatment for telogen effluvium: case series.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Laser-Induced Shock Wave Therapy Using a Diamond Particle Acoustic Patch for Early Facial Scar Modulation: A Case Series.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2026Article
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Authors and funding
10 authors.
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Abstract
Skin scars represent a complex therapeutic challenge, with significant functional, aesthetic, and psychological implications. Despite advances in laser therapy, monotherapy has significant limitations, particularly for patients with complex scars with atrophic, hypertrophic, vascular, and pigmentary components. The combined use of multiple laser sources, in sequential or simultaneous mode, allows for the selective targeting of specific tissue components and improves clinical efficacy while maintaining a good safety profile. This narrative review critically analyses the available evidence on combination therapies for atrophic, hypertrophic, keloid, and post-surgical and burn scars. Protocols combining ablative lasers (CO
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