Pulsed Dye and Fractional CO₂ Laser Therapy for Treatment of Burn Scars
Robert Dabek, MD¹; Harrison McUmber²; Branko Bojovic, MD^1,3
1Massachusetts General Hospital
²Tufts University School of Medicine
³Shriners Hospitals for Children – Boston

Burn injuries are often devastating accidents that result in long-term physical and psychosocial consequences and the formation of hypertrophic scars. Laser treatment is a low risk minimally invasive approach to treating such burn scars.

This video discusses the pulsed dye laser (PDL) and fractional ablative CO₂ laser, and demonstrates their use in treating the scars on a pediatric patient who suffered from burn injuries 7 years ago in Vietnam.