Laser-appropriate dermatology surgery procedures include:
Localized demodex, Acral lick granuloma ablation, Cutaneous masses: skin tags, inclusion cysts, papillomas, Epibulbar melanoma, Hyperkeratosis of digital pads /nasal planum, Hemostasis, Malignant melanoma, Squamous cell carcinoma removal, Wound management (acute and chronic), Viral papillomas, Pigmented viral plaques, Actinic keratosis, Pinnal tumors, Feline ceruminous cystomatosis, Calcinosis circumscripta, Follicular cysts and tumors, Gingival hyperplasia and epulis, Nodular sebaceous hyperplasia, Plasma cell pododermatitis.
"...the ability for the operator to control the effect of the laser beam essentially to the area that you can see with no collateral damage, has led to wide use of this laser in many areas of medicine, including veterinary dermatology ... The CO2 laser is well known to have excellent hemostasis; in fact, in most of the procedures amenable to laser surgery, this is the main advantage for the use of this laser over conventional scalpel surgery."
David Duclos, DVM
"Lasers in Veterinary Dermatology"
Clin Small Anim 36 (2006) 15-37, Elsevier Science (USA)