1 citations
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October 2017 in “Dermatologic Clinics” In this review, the authors discussed how men seek cosmetic procedures for distinct reasons compared to women, emphasizing the need for dermatologists to consider male-specific desires for discrete treatments with minimal downtime and differences in psychological motivations.
August 2024 in “Journal of Clinical Medicine” This review concludes that low-level laser therapy is the most supported physical treatment for androgenetic alopecia, but other therapies like nonablative laser treatments and combinations including PEMF may also be promising.
July 2025 in “Carolina Digital Repository (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)” This review evaluated various physical treatments for androgenetic alopecia and highlighted that low-level laser therapy is well-supported by evidence. However, nonablative laser and multimodal approaches like PEMF-LLLT appear promising and warrant further investigation.
1 citations
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January 2015 in “Journal of Pigmentary Disorders” This article reviews melasma in men, its causes, and treatment options, but reports no new clinical findings.
55 citations
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June 2013 in “Dermatologic Surgery” This review discusses the use of ablative and nonablative fractional resurfacing for enhanced topical drug delivery in dermatology and reports no new clinical results; further studies are needed to explore these methods.
This review concluded that laser-based therapies, particularly low-level lasers and fractional ablative lasers, are effective for treating hair loss, with combination therapies showing superior efficacy compared to monotherapies.
16 citations
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December 2022 in “Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery” This study reviewed preclinical and clinical research and found that AFL-assisted topical drug delivery is considered safe and effective, enhancing drug efficacy, reducing treatment time and pain, and improving cosmetic and safety outcomes, but larger clinical trials are needed to confirm these benefits.
9 citations
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January 2023 in “Indian Dermatology Online Journal” This review discusses the use of aesthetic treatments for medical purposes and their therapeutic potential but provides no new clinical results.
January 2024 in “RSC pharmaceutics” This source discusses using stratum corneum ablation as a promising method to enhance transdermal drug delivery by temporarily removing the skin's outermost barrier to improve medication absorption.
4 citations
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December 2016 in “Medical lasers” This review article discusses the use of various laser treatments in dermatology, including excimer lasers, fractional non-ablative photothermolysis lasers, and low-level laser therapy, highlighting their applications in enhancing drug delivery and addressing different skin conditions. Results are not reported.
3 citations
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March 2008 in “Medical laser application” This review highlights recent advances in laser treatments for skin disorders, including the optimization of vascular lesion treatment and improved safety for hair removal, but reports no new results.
1 citations
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November 2024 in “Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology” In this study, researchers reviewed data on isotretinoin and concluded that delaying certain skin procedures like laser hair removal and chemical peels after isotretinoin treatment may not be necessary, though caution is advised for fully ablative treatments, and lower isotretinoin doses are recommended.
8 citations
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July 2008 in “Facial Plastic Surgery Clinics of North America” This overview highlights an increase in nonsurgical cosmetic procedures and a growing number of male patients seeking cosmetic treatments, without reporting new clinical results.
1 citations
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April 2018 in “Lasers in Surgery and Medicine” This review summarizes late-breaking abstracts from the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery, 2018, and reports no new clinical findings.
October 2025 in “Iraqi postgraduate medical journal” This study observed that using fractional CO2 laser-assisted delivery of clobetasol propionate cream significantly improved treatment outcomes for localized alopecia areata compared to the cream alone, suggesting the laser's enhancing effect on hair regrowth.
24 citations
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November 2021 in “PLoS ONE” In this study, fractional laser treatment was observed to reverse age-related gene expression changes in skin and enhance dermal remodeling, further improved by multiple treatments.
27 citations
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August 2014 in “Journal of Cosmetic and Laser Therapy” This study compared the microscopic treatment zones created by different fractional lasers and radiofrequency in swine skin, finding distinct patterns and damage levels for each technology.
3 citations
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August 2021 in “Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology” This study found that non-ablative Er:YAG laser treatment, alone or combined with other therapies, effectively improved hair quality and reduced AGA grade in patients, with high satisfaction reported and no adverse reactions.
42 citations
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December 2014 in “Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology” This review indicates that microneedle bipolar RF and fractional bipolar RF treatments offer significant improvement in acne scarring, with optimal results observed about three months after treatment.
January 2025 in “Dermatologic Therapy” This study found that nonablative Er:YAG laser therapy effectively improved hair appearance for patients with androgenetic alopecia, with most participants reporting increased satisfaction and no adverse reactions, following six biweekly sessions.
May 2024 in “Lasers in medical science” In this retrospective study, a combined therapy of ablative fractional Er: YAG laser and medication was more effective in treating male androgenetic alopecia than medication alone, without causing serious adverse effects, as evaluated over 24 weeks.
January 2025 in “Dermatologic Therapy” This study found that ablative fractional carbon dioxide laser treatment improved skin fibrosis, reduced skin hardening, and enhanced hair follicle growth in localized scleroderma patients, with significant improvements across several clinical measures and no severe adverse effects observed.
April 2024 in “European Journal of Dermatology” This study suggests that the PPP2R3C gene may confer susceptibility to psoriatic arthritis and psoriasis vulgaris in Chinese patients, with additional possible associations involving IL-23R, ERN1, IFIH1, and KIF3A genes.
2 citations
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January 2023 in “Biomedicines” This study found that using a combination of ablative CO₂ fractional laser and fetal fibroblast transplantation significantly reduced scarring in mice, with long-term sphere-forming cultured fibroblasts producing scar appearances closest to normal skin.
April 2018 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” This study identified a novel mechanism by which dsRNA-induced TLR3 activation and retinoic acid pathways contribute to new hair follicle formation after deep wounds in mice and suggested a similar potential in humans.
17 citations
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January 2021 in “Dermatology and Therapy” This review discusses laser-assisted drug delivery for enhancing topical treatment efficacy in various dermatological and medical applications but reports no new clinical results, emphasizing the need for further research to optimize its use.
3 citations
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March 2019 in “Chinese Medical Journal” In this study using mice, fractional CO2 laser therapy promoted hair regrowth by inducing moderate inflammation, enhancing VEGF-mediated angiogenesis, and activating the Wnt10b signaling pathway.
1 citations
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April 2022 in “The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine ” This review evaluates laser therapy for alopecia areata, noting that fractional lasers facilitate hair growth and drug delivery, but reports no new clinical results.
3 citations
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August 2024 in “Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology” This study found that using ablative fractional CO₂ laser therapy combined with FUE treatment in patients with post-traumatic eyebrow scars and defects improved follicular survival rates and resulted in well-defined eyebrow shapes.
26 citations
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May 2017 in “Lasers in Medical Science” This study found that combining ablative fractional CO₂ laser therapy with hair growth factors significantly increased hair density in men with androgenetic alopecia compared to using growth factors alone.