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The study was carried out over 1\u00a0year from March 2019 to March 2020.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Procedure<\/jats:title><jats:p>All patients underwent 4 sessions of non\u2010ablative Fractional Erbium: Glass 1565 laser to alternate with 4 sessions of Fractional Radiofrequency Microneedling once a month over 8\u00a0months.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of the 20 patients enrolled, 18 completed treatment protocol. Two patients were withdrawn from the study because they were unable to attend follow\u2010up treatment sessions. The subjective evaluation was performed using photographs at baseline, 8\u00a0months, and 12\u00a0months. A photographic evaluation was performed using the following numeric responses: &lt;25%, 25\u201350%, 51\u201375%, and 76\u2013100% difference in severity. None of the patients had worsening of their scars. 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