Highlights of Thirty-Year Experience of CO₂ Laser Use at the Florence (Italy) Department of Dermatology

Table 1

Treated lesions.

Benign epidermal tumours; Seborrheic keratoses; Follicular inverse keratoses; Epidermal and sebaceous nevi	35.720; 75; 5706	Frequency: 10 HZ; Power: 0.5–3 W
Benign pilar and sebaceous tumours; Facial Milia; Trichoepitheliomas; Sebaceous adenoma; Small sebaceous cysts	12.230; 2.570; 8.040; 425	Frequency: 10 HZ; Power: 0.5–1 W
Benign tumours of eccrine glands; Syringomas	1235	Frequency: 10 HZ; Power: 0.5–1 W
Malign epidermal tumours; Basal Cell carcinoma (Bcc); Superficial (also extensive); Nodular (<1 cm diameter)	2505	Frequency: 10 HZ; Power: 0.5–5 W
Viral lesions; Warts; Acuminate condylomas; Squamous papillomas; Oral cavity	12.235; 8.503; 58	Frequency: 10 HZ; Power: 0.5–3 W; For Plantar Warts: Continuous Mode (Power 10–15 W)
Dermal hypertrophy; Pendulous fibromas; Skin neurofibromas	45.023; 150	Frequency: 10 HZ; Power: 0.5–1 W
Scars; Acne, surgical, traumatic, post-chickenpox	7.502	Frequency: 10 HZ; Power: 0.5–1 W
Fatty accumulation; Xanthelasmas	7.234	Frequency: 10 HZ; Power: 0.5–1 W
Facial dermatosis; Rhynophymas (glandular type); Otophyma	506; 35	Frequency: 50–100 W; Power: 6-7 W (Superpulse or Continuous Mode)
Precancerous; Actinic keratoses; Actinic cheilitis; Leukoplakia	25.213; 807; 503	Frequency: 10 HZ; Power: 0.5−3 W
Others; Favre-Racouchot’s disease; Pringle-Bourneville’s disease; Chondrodermatites nodularis helicis	124; 304; 432	Frequency: 10 HZ; Power: 0.5–1 W