Electrosurgical resurfacing: A clinical, histologic, and electron microscopic evaluation

✍ Scribed by M. Dale Sarradet; Mussarrat Hussain; David J. Goldberg

• Book ID: 102466671
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 200 KB
• Volume: 32
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0196-8092
• DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10132

✦ Synopsis

Background:

Radiofrequency resurfacing is a new technology for ablative facial resurfacing.

Objectives:

To evaluate the efficacy of radiofrequency resurfacing in reduction of perioral and periorbital rhytides, and to assess it's effects on collagen remodeling by electron microscopic evaluation.

Results:

Fourteen of the fifteen subjects (93%) were 100% re-epithelialized by day 7. all 15 patients (100%) had resolution of post-treatment erythema by 3 months. clinical investigator assessment evaluation revealed mild to moderate improvement in 100% of patients. histologic changes were consistent with new upper papillary dermal collagen formation. post-treatment ultrastuctural changes showed either new type iii or mature type i collagen formation.

Conclusions:

Radiofrequency resurfacing is an effective ablative resurfacing method for mild to moderate improvement of fitzpatrick type i-iii rhytides. it is a low risk procedure with potentially shorter periods of post-operative re-epithelialization and erythema as compared to standard ablative laser procedures.