Lasers in Dermatology presents an excellent and complete survey of the numerous applications of lasers in dermatological therapy and research, the fundamentals of laser-skin interaction, and the various laser sources and tools in use. A comprehensive outlook to new instrumentation, such as pulsed lasers of ultraviolet and infrared wavelengths, completes this up-to-date overview, which is indispensable not only to practitioners and clinical researchers in dermatology but also to engineers and laser physicists in biomedicine.

The Role of Skin Optics in Diagnostic and Therapeutic Uses of Lasers

Photodynamic Therapy in the Treatment of Diseases of the Skin
The CO2 Laser in Dermatotherapy
The Argon Laser in Dermatotherapy
Dye Laser for Benign Cutaneous Vascular Lesions: Clinical and Technical Development
The Neodymium YAG Laser in Dermatology
Treatment of Deep Located Haemangiomas with the Nd: YAG Laser (1064nm)
Argon Laser Treatment of Port-Wine Stains and Quantitative Evaluation by Reflected Subject Color Analysis
Fundamentals of Pulsed UV and Mid-infrared Laser Skin Ablation
The ArF Excimer Laser in Dermatology
Pulsed UV and Mid-infrared Laser Skin Ablation: Experimental and First Clinical Results
The Short Pulse Dye Laser in the Treatment of Port-Wine Stains
Future Aspects of Lasers in Dermatology
Index of Contributors.