RT Book, Section
A1 Tannous, Zeina
A1 Avram, Mathew M.
A1 Tsao, Sandy
A1 Avram, Marc R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1175821618
T1 Nonablative Fractional Laser Resurfacing
T2 Color Atlas of Cosmetic Dermatology, 2e
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071635035
LK dermatology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1175821618
RD 2024/04/19
AB Nonablative  fractional  resurfacing  (NAFR)  is  a  novel  concept  of  skin  rejuvenation  that  can  target  both  epidermal  and  dermal  conditions.  NAFR  produces  a  unique  thermal  damage  pattern  consisting  of  multiple  columns  of  thermal  coagulative  damage,  referred  to  as  microthermal  treatment  zones  (MTZs)  (Fig.  8.1).  NAFR  characteristically  spares  the  tissue  surrounding  each  MTZ,  thus  allowing  fast  epidermal  repair  due  to  microscopic  size  of  the  wounds  and  short  migratory  distance  for  the  viable  keratinocytes  present  at  the  MTZ  epidermal  margins.  Only  a  fraction  of  the  skin  of  the  surface  area  is  treated.