A new bleaching protocol for hyperpigmented skin lesions with a high concentration of all-trans retinoic acid aqueous gel

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 285-291

  Yoshimura, Kotaro ^a   Harii, Kiyonori ^b   Aoyama, Takao ^b   Shibuya, Fuminori ^b   Iga, Tatsuji ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Aqueous gel; Bleaching; Hydroquinone; Hyperpigmentation; Retinoic acid

Indexed keywords

HYDROQUINONE; LACTIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EROSION; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MALE; OINTMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN IRRITATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; HYDROQUINONES; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRETINOIN;

EID: 0032795455     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002669900285     Document Type: Article

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