Use of 1,320 nm Nd:YAG Laser for Wrinkle Reduction and the Treatment of Atrophic Acne Scarring in Asians

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 98-103

  Chan, Henry H L ^a   Lam, Lai Kun ^b   Wong, David S Y ^b   Kono, Taro ^c   Trendell Smith, Nigel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1,320 nm Nd:YAG laser; Acne scar; Wrinkle reduction

Indexed keywords

EMLA; HYDROQUINONE;

ACNE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; ETHNIC GROUP; FACE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REJUVENATION; SCAR; SKIN; SKIN BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISCOELASTICITY;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CICATRIX; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SKIN AGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1542343892     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10247     Document Type: Article

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