Treatment of neck lines, and forehead rhytids with a nonablative 1540-nm Er:Glass laser: A controlled clinical study combined with the measurement of the thickness and the mechanical properties of the skin

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 872-880

  Dahan, Serge ^a   Lagarde, Jean Michell ^b   Turlier, Virginie ^e   Courrech, Laetitia ^b   Mordon, Serge ^c,d   Lee, Ken K ^e  

^a Dermatology and Laser Center   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE PIERRE FABRE   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COOLING; ERBIUM GLASS LASER; FACE; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LASER; MEASUREMENT; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; THICKNESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; WRINKLE;

ADULT; AGED; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; FOREHEAD; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RHYTIDOPLASTY; SKIN; SKIN AGING;

EID: 2942636228     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2004.30256.x     Document Type: Article

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