Treatment of upper lip wrinkles: A comparison of the 950 μsec dwell time carbon dioxide laser to manual tumescent dermabrasion

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 468-474

  Iris, Gin ^a   Chew, Jane ^a   Rau, Kimberly A ^a   Amos, David Bradley ^a   Bridenstine, James B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; MELANOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REJUVENATION; SKIN ABRASION; SKIN DEFECT; TISSUE INJURY; UPPER LIP; VAPORIZATION;

AGED; CARBON DIOXIDE; DERMABRASION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; LIP; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN AGING;

EID: 0344171927     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-4725.1999.09012.x     Document Type: Article

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