Variable pulse erbium:YAG laser skin resurfacing of perioral rhytides and side-by-side comparison with carbon dioxide laser

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 208-214

  Newman, John B ^a,b,c   Lord, Jeff L ^b,c   Ash, Keith ^d   McDaniel, David H ^a  

^a Laser Skin & Vein Center of Virginia   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER PORTSMOUTH   (United States)

^d Northern Okinawa Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide laser; CO2; Er:YAG laser; Erbium laser; Laser resurfacing; Variable pulse erbium laser

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SAFETY; SKIN SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YAG LASER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; ERBIUM; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LASERS; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SKIN; SKIN AGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0034003556     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(2000)26:2<208::AID-LSM12>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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