A new option for volumetric restoration: Poly-l-lactic acid

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 12-16

  Thioly Bensoussan, Daphne ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Autologous fat; Facial volume; Poly l lactic acid; Polymethylmethacrylate; Volume restoration

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; FILLER; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROXYAPATITE; POLITEF; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; SILASTIC;

AGING; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DERMIS; DEVICE; ESTHETICS; FACE; FOREIGN BODY REACTION; HIV ASSOCIATED LIPODYSTROPHY; HUMAN; IMPLANT; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NECROSIS; PAPULE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REJUVENATION; SKIN TENSION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WRINKLE;

ANIMALS; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; FACE; LACTIC ACID; POLYMERS; SKIN AGING;

EID: 33645471109     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01517.x     Document Type: Article

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