Comparison study of intense pulsed light versus a long-pulse pulsed dye laser in the treatment of facial skin rejuvenation

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 479-483

  Kono, Taro ^a   Groff, William Frederick ^b   Sakurai, Hiroyuki ^a   Takeuchi, Masaki ^a   Yamaki, Takashi ^a   Soejima, Kazutaka ^a   Nozaki, Motohiro ^a  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b La Jolla Cosmetic Surgery Centre   (United States)

Author keywords

Intense pulsed light; Laser surgery; Pulsed dye laser; Skin rejuvenation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPRESSION THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; REJUVENATION; SCAR FORMATION; THERAPY EFFECT; WRINKLE;

ADULT; AGED; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS; LASERS, DYE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOTHERAPY; PIGMENTATION DISORDERS; REJUVENATION; SKIN; SKIN AGING; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38749134600     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SAP.0b013e3180327943     Document Type: Article

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