Full-face carbon dioxide laser resurfacing: A 10-year follow-up descriptive study

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 983-993

  Prado, Arturo ^a   Andrades, Patricio ^a   Danilla, Stefan ^a   Benitez, Susana ^a   Reyes, Sergio ^a   Valenzuela, Gustavo ^a   Guridi, Rodrigo ^a   Fuentes, Patricio ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EYELID RECONSTRUCTION; FACE SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SURGEON; TELANGIECTASIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WRINKLE; CUTANEOUS PARAMETERS; FACE; LASER; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REJUVENATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; FACE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASERS, GAS; MIDDLE AGED; REJUVENATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN AGING;

EID: 40549137184     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.prs.0000299380.83221.a8     Document Type: Article

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