Successful treatment of acneiform scarring with CO2 ablative fractional resurfacing

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 381-386

  Chapas, Anne M ^a   Brightman, Lori ^a   Sukal, Sean ^a   Hale, Elizabeth ^a   Daniel, David ^a   Bernstein, Leonard J ^a   Geronemus, Roy G ^a  

^a LASER AND SKIN SURGERY CENTER OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Acne scars; Carbon dioxide; Fractional resurfacing

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; DIAZEPAM; DICLOXACILLIN; ERBIUM; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; VALACICLOVIR;

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ERBIUM YAG LASER; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; LASER; PETECHIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR FORMATION; THERAPY EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADULT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CICATRIX; COHORT STUDIES; ESTHETICS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49249097066     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20659     Document Type: Article

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