Ablative versus non-ablative treatment of perioral rhytides. A randomized controlled trial with long-term blinded clinical evaluations and non-invasive measurements

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 129-136

  Hedelund, L ^a   Bjerring, P ^b   Egekvist, H ^b   Haedersdal, M ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CO2 laser; Intense pulsed light; Skin elasticity; Skin reflectance; Trans epidermal water loss; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; FACE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; REJUVENATION; SCAR FORMATION; SELF EVALUATION; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN WATER LOSS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; CARBON DIOXIDE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; LIP; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOTHERAPY; SKIN AGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644991977     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20216     Document Type: Article

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