Nonablative 1,064-nm Nd:YAG laser for treating atrophic facial acne scars: Histologic and clinical analysis

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1470-1476

  Keller, Raquel ^a,b   Belda Jr , Walter ^a   Valente, Neusa Yuriko Sakai ^a   Rodrigues, Consuelo Junqueira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; NEODYMIUM LASER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SAFETY; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN SCAR; SKIN SENSITIVITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT DURATION;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATROPHY; BIOPSY; CICATRIX; FACE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; SKIN;

EID: 36749010248     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2007.33318.x     Document Type: Article

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