ABSTRACT
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The carbon dioxide laser has been used in medicine since for over three decades. Its
wavelength of 10,600 nm in the infrared spectrum makes it an ideal tool to vaporize and
cut tissues. It has been used to treat keloids, warts, and many other cutaneous lesions
over the past three decades (1). The chief disadvantage of the laser is the non-specific
heat it produces beyond the treated target, which can create extensive scarring in the skin.
