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5 days ago

Dr Ganesh Pai described a bespoke approach to acne and 'chicken pox' scarring at The Scar II Conference. He used a combination of lasers and dermal filling to change the texture of the skin, reduce pits and reduce inflammation. His preferred lasers were the fractionated erbium:YAG laser for deep pits and thick nodularity. For more superficial scars, he tended to use the 1540 erbium glass laser with several passes over the same area. Any deficiency of volume of the skin after laser release was treated with the injection of a filler - chondroitin sulphate gel. Again, it was emphasised that in pigmented skin, there is a risk of inflammatory over-pigmentation that is difficult to treat. ...