Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Adv Drug Deliv Rev. 2013 Jun 7;0:98–114. doi: 10.1016/j.addr.2013.05.010

Figure 8. Optoporation.

Figure 8

Schematic representation of micro-channels created by ablative fractional lasers in skin.

The light beam disrupts the major skin barrier, the stratum corneum (SC), and reaches deeper layers (dermis).