background: acanthosis nigricans (an) is a brown to black, velvety hyperpigmentation of the skin that usually involves cutaneous folds. treatment of an is important regarding cosmetic reasons and various therapeutic modalities have been used for these purposes. the goal of this study was to compare the effectiveness of long-pulsed alexandrite laser and topical tretinoin-ammonium lactate for tre...

according to the english literature, various lasers and light sources (i,g. argon ion lasers, pulsed ktp lasers, diode lasers and nd:yag lasers, pulsed dye laser(pdl), intense pulsed light sources (ipls) are applicable for the treatment of different vascular lesions. these conditions are the most important indication for laser therapy. this review summarizes the current literature on ipl with r...

Weld area and weld depth/width ratio can be considered to be of the most important geometrical factors in pulsed laser welding. The effects of carbon dioxide and oxygen additions to the argon shielding gas on the weld properties in pulsed laser welding of low carbon steel is investigated. Presence of carbon dioxide and oxygen up to 10 and 15 percent respectively decreases the weld geometrical f...

This work studied the effect of additions of carbon dioxide to argon shielding gas on the weld shape and microstructure of ST14 steel in pulsed Nd: YAG laser welding. By additions of carbon dioxide up to 15%,the weld area and depth/width ratio decreases while rising of carbon dioxide up to 25% causes increasing of weld area and depth/width ratio. It is observed that the weld metal microstructur...

introduction: the aim of this study was to evaluate the morphological changes and quantitatively assess the roughness of dentin after the ablation with a ytterbium-doped potassium yttrium tungstate (yb: kyw) thin-disk femtosecond pulsed laser of different fluences, scanning speeds and scanning distances. method: twelve extracted human premolars were sectioned into crowns and roots along the cem...

Seventeen two-photon transitions for neon have been observed in the 580- 635 nm spectral region for use in the spectroscopic study of its higher excited levels, which are not accessible by one-photon absorption. To compare the two and one-photon absorption signals originating from the same lower level, an effort was made to record single-photon optogalvanic spectrum in the available wavele...

introduction: port wine stains (pws) are congenital vascular malformations. pulsed dye laser (pdl) is the treatment of choice till now, although many lesions do not respond completely. one of possible options is long pulsed alexandrite laser. some literatures confirmed its efficacy. the aim of the present study is to determine the efficacy of this laser as an option in treating refractory pws i...