Abstract Categories
The ASLMS 2025 abstract submission portal has re-opened for late-breaking abstracts. The deadline to submit is Monday, January 13, 2025, at 11:59 AM (noon) CST. Learn More
ASLMS welcomes multidisciplinary studies on various applications of laser, light, and energy-based devices, as well as injectables and topicals used in combination. Studies may reflect either active research or applied clinical treatments. Each category explores an array of topics related to therapeutic, diagnostic, and/or surgical applications.
When you submit your abstract, you will be asked to indicate a main category and sub-category or sub-categories. The following are suggested sub-categories. You may also select Other and fill in the appropriate sub-category.
Submission Categories and Suggested Sub-Categories
Clinical Applications
- Acne, Sebaceous Gland, and Sweat Gland Disorders
- Body Contouring / Fat Reduction
- Cancer (cutaneous)
- Cancer (non-cutaneous)
- Hair Removal and Growth
- Imaging, Measurement, and Diagnostics
- Injectables (combined with laser treatments)
- Laser for Medical Indications
- Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy
- Laser-Assisted Drug Delivery
- Male Aesthetics
- Oral Medicine and Dentistry
- Ophthalmology
- Photobiomodulation
- Photodynamic Therapy
- Physical or Occupational Therapy
- Pigment
- Pigmented Lesions/Disorders
- Psychology and Aesthetics (identity, self perception, body dysmorphic disorder)
- Resurfacing (ablative)
- Resurfacing (non-ablative)
- Scars
- Skin Resurfacing
- Skin Tightening
- Tattoos
- Topicals (combined with laser treatments)
- Urogynecology (OB/GYN; Urology)
- Vascular
Basic Science and translational research
- Bench and Preclinical Studies
- Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy
- Laser-Assisted Drug Delivery
- Laser-Tissue Interaction
- Infectious Disease / Anti-Microbial
- Optical Imaging Diagnostics
- Photobiomodulation
- Photodynamic Therapy
- Physical or Occupational Therapy