Eyelid tightening and improved eyelid aperture through nonablative fractional resurfacing

Dermatologic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1454-1458

  Sukal, Sean A ^a   Chapas, Anne M ^a,b   Bernstein, Leonard J ^a   Hale, Elizabeth K ^a,b   Kim, Karen H ^a   Geronemus, Roy G ^a,b  

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

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDEMA; ERBIUM YAG LASER; ERYTHEMA; EYELID; EYELID DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REJUVENATION; SCAR FORMATION; WOUND;

COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REJUVENATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 55949137152     PISSN: 10760512     EISSN: 15244725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1524-4725.2008.34308.x     Document Type: Article

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