Clinical Efficacy of Bovine Freeze-dried Amniotic Membrane on Wound Healing in Laser Treatment

A Comparison of the Effects of Bovine Freeze-dried Amniotic Membrane and Hydrocolloid on Epithelialization After Laser Treatments

Bovine amniotic membrane may show better efficacy than hydrocolloid dressing.

Bovine amniotic membrane as a biological dressing can be applicable to wound after laser treatments. Comparing with hydrocolloid dressing material, which is the most widely used after laser treatment now, amniotic membrane will show better efficacy. Thus, with amniotic membrane, epithelization time will shorten and redness which is usually left after laser will disappear quickly.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Skin lesions treatable by ablative lasers
• More than two skin lesions of similar size at the same area
• Available during the study period (2 weeks)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Taking steroid or nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug, isotretinoin
• underlying diabetes mellitus, keloid or any malignancy