A Textbook chapter on lasers and their use in the treatment of scars and striae written by Dr.'s Tina Alster & H.L. Greenberg. This book chapter was written while Dr. Greenberg was an internal medicine resident at Georgetown University Hospital & spent elective time with Dr. Alster observing all types of laser treatments from full face laser resurfacing to hair removal, scar and acne treatments. The chapter is a review of the literature on the laser treatments for scars and striae (stretch marks).

Alster TS, Greenberg HL. Laser treatment of scars and striae. In Kauvar ANB (ed). Principles and Practices of Cutaneous Laser Surgery. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc. 2004.