Selective electrothermolysis of the sebaceous glands: Treatment of facial seborrhea

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-177

  Kobayashi, Toshio ^a   Tamada, Shinji ^b  

^a Aoyama Kobayashi Clinic   (Japan)

^b Japanese Institute for Dermatopathology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SKIN LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEEK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ELECTROTHERMOLYSIS; EVALUATION; FACE; FACE SEBORRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREHEAD; HEATING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SEBORRHEA; SEBUM SECRETION; SKIN SURFACE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; SEBACEOUS GLANDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33846827383     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2006.33035.x     Document Type: Article

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