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In this article, a surgical CO2 laser was used to treat a dog's elbow follicular cysts. Follicular cysts are caused by keratin trapped in a hair follicle, and they are often associated with swelling, inflammation, pain, and secondary infection. This laser procedure can ablate multiple layers of cysts and adjacent hair follicles with minimal bleeding and minimal thermal damage to the surrounding healthy tissue. Post-op with the CO2 laser is less painful and has less swelling. And in areas where there aren’t large amounts of adjacent mobile skin to close the wound (such as the elbow), less swelling results in superior postoperative tissue healing. To learn more read the full article "CO2 laser surgery for the treatment of elbow follicular cysts in the dog" by David Duclos, DVM, DACVD - aesculight.us/follicular-cysts #Veterinary #Dermatology #VetMed #Cyst

In this article, a surgical CO2 laser was used to treat a dog's elbow follicular cysts. Follicular cysts are caused by keratin trapped in a hair follicle, and they are often associated with swelling, inflammation, pain, and secondary infection. This laser procedure can ablate multiple layers of cysts and adjacent hair follicles with minimal bleeding and minimal thermal damage to the surrounding healthy tissue. Post-op with the CO2 laser is less painful and has less swelling. And in areas where there aren’t large amounts of adjacent mobile skin to close the wound (such as the elbow), less swelling results in superior postoperative tissue healing. To learn more read the full article "CO2 laser surgery for the treatment of elbow follicular cysts in the dog" by David Duclos, DVM, DACVD - aesculight.us/follicular-cysts #Veterinary #Dermatology #VetMed #Cyst