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New Laser Promises Gentler Repairs for Damaged Skin

SKIN DEEP

New Laser Promises Gentler Repairs for Damaged Skin

By ELIZABETH HAYT

Published: April 14, 2005


LAURIE CONNEALY'S face showed all the signs of skin damage anyone might expect from years of sun worshiping: brown spots, red patches, squiggly broken capillaries and more wrinkles around her eyes and mouth than a woman her age has to have.
To remove all this sun damage, Ms. Connealy, 46, a schoolteacher in Houston, would have been a perfect candidate for a facial peel with a laser or a chemical solution. But she was unwilling to face the weeklong recovery from the inevitable redness and swelling. Her dermatologist tried milder laser treatments, but they were ineffective.

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