Single-Pass Carbon Dioxide Versus Multiple-Pass Er:YAG Laser Skin Resurfacing: A Comparison of Postoperative Wound Healing and Side-Effect Rates

Ablative laser skin resurfacing with carbon dioxide (CO2) and erbium:yttrium-aluminum-garnet (Er:YAG) lasers has been popularized in recent years and their side effects individually reported. No prior study, however, has directly compared the relative healing times and complications rates between the two different systems.To evaluate and compare postoperative wound healing and short- and long-term side effects of single-pass CO2 and...