Pain and Itch Reduction in Burn Scars Treated With Fractional CO2 Laser

Exclusion Criteria

• •Medical Conditions that preclude laser treatment
• •Active tanning, including the use of tanning booths, during the course of the study
• •Inability to complete surveys
• •Previous laser (PDL, CO2), surgical reconstructive treatment procedures done on the hypertrophic burn scar
• •Current treatment with other procedures or drugs (experimental or other) in area of interest
• •Medications that interfere with wound healing (oral steroids, immunosuppressive medications, chemotherapy or other)
• •Medication for itch (steroids, antihistamines, or other)
• •Medication for pain (opioids, topical pain treatment, gabapentin, ondasetron, paroxetine or other)
• •Adverse reactions to topical or local anesthetic agents needed for this study, if no alternative to the said agent exists
• •The study area should not be part of a contracture or other hypertrophic scar that would be better treated with surgical procedures.
• •The study scar must not be adjacent to/in continuity with areas of HTBS that are planning to be treated with surgical interventions.
• •Any other condition or laboratory value that would, in the professional opinion of the investigator, potentially affect the subject's response or the integrity of the data or would pose an unacceptable risk to the subject
• •Patient suffers from epilepsy or seizure disorder.