Analysis of hyperpigmentation and hypopigmentation after Er:YAG laser skin resurfacing

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-51

  Yong, Ju Kim ^a   Lee, Ho Sup ^a   Son, Sang Wook ^a   Kim, Soo Nam ^a   Kye, Young Chul ^a  

^a College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Er:YAG laser resurfacing; Hyperpigmentation; Hypopigmentation

Indexed keywords

HYDROQUINONE; MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; MEDICAL RECORD; PIGMENT DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN SURGERY; THERMAL INJURY; YAG LASER;

ADULT; CICATRIX; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROQUINONES; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 13544263576     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20120     Document Type: Article

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