Clinical evaluation of enhanced nonablative skin rejuvenation using a combination of a 532 and a 1,064 nm laser

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 439-445

  Tan, Mei Heng ^a   Dover, Jeffrey S ^a,b,c   Hsu, Te Shao ^a   Arndt, Kenneth A ^a,b,c,d   Stewart, Brigitte ^a  

^a SkinCare Physicians of Chestnut Hill   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

1,064 nm laser; 532 nm laser; Non ablative; Rejuvenation

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLISTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY SKIN; EDEMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; REJUVENATION; SAFETY; SKIN CARE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRINKLE;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; SKIN AGING;

EID: 3042739341     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20066     Document Type: Article

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