Fractional CO2 laser treatment of mild periorbital wrinkles in Iraqi patients

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Abstract: Background and Objective: Public demand for procedures to rejuvenate photodamaged facial skin have stimulated the use of fractional CO2 laser as a precise and predictable treatment modality.

The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of fractional CO2 laser system for reducing periorbital rhytids.

Materials and Methods: twenty seven subjects with mild periocular wrinkles, and photoaged skin of the face were prospectively treated two to three times (according to clinical response) in the periorbital area with a fractional CO2 laser device equipped with a scanning hand piece.

Improvements in eyelid wrinkles was evaluated clinically and photographically.

Subjects also scored satisfaction and tolerability.

Results: seventy % of subjects achieved or maintained 50–60% improvement at 3 months.

Nearly 40% of subjects maintained 20–40% improvement at 3 months after treatment.

Subject satisfaction was high and the procedure was well tolerated.

Mild-to-moderate erythema and edema persisted for up to three to four days.

Conclusion: Treatment with a fractional CO2 laser device improves periorbital rhytids, and tightens skin.