Ultrasound enhanced skin-lightening effect of vitamin C and niacinamide

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 105-113

  Hakozaki, Tomohiro ^a,b   Takiwaki, Hirotsugu ^a   Miyamoto, Kukizo ^b   Sato, Yasuhiro ^c   Arase, Seiji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^c PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Niacinamide; Skin lightening; Sonophoresis; Ultrasound; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; DERMATOLOGY; GELS; IMAGE PROCESSING; RADIATION EFFECTS; ULTRASONIC EFFECTS; VITAMINS;

CUTANEOUS HYPERPIGMENTATION; FACIAL HYPERPIGMENTATION; NIACINAMIDE; SKIN-LIGHTENING; SKIN-LIGHTENING AGENTS; ULTRASOUND RADIATION; VITAMIN C;

SKIN;

ASCORBIC ACID; NICOTINAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABSORPTION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TRANSPORT; FACE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; ASCORBIC ACID; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERPIGMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NIACINAMIDE; SKIN PIGMENTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 33645560548     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: 16000846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0909-752X.2006.00186.x     Document Type: Article

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