Near painless, nonablative, immediate skin contraction induced by low-fluence irradiation with new infrared device: A report of 25 patients

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 601-610

  Ruiz Esparza, Javier ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Encinitas Dermatology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CAMERA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; EDEMA; EYEBROW LIFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; MALE; NONABLATIVE RADIOFREQUENCY; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY; SKIN SURGERY; WOUND CONTRACTION; ELASTICITY; HEAT; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REJUVENATION; RETREATMENT; SKIN;

ADULT; AGED; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; INFRARED RAYS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REJUVENATION; RETREATMENT; SKIN;

EID: 33646685239     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2006.32130.x     Document Type: Article

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