Laser skin ablation: An update on aesthetic and medical indications

Medical Laser Application

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 212-222

  Kaufmann, Roland ^a   Beier, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

CO2 laser; Erbium:YAG laser; Laser; Laser ablation; Resurfacing; Rhinophyma; Scar

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; LASER ABLATION; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; PATIENT TREATMENT;

AESTHETICS; FACIAL REJUVENATION; SKIN LESIONS;

SKIN;

CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; ERBIUM YAG LASER; ESTHETIC SURGERY; LASER SURGERY; PHOTOAGING; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; REVIEW; SKIN DEFECT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

EID: 11844272631     PISSN: 16151615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1615-1615-00145     Document Type: Article

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