Fractional deep dermal ablation induces tissue Tightening

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 78-86

  Rahman, Zakia ^a   MacFalls, Heather ^b   Jiang, Kerrie ^b   Chan, Kin F ^b   Kelly, Kristen ^c   Tournas, Joshua ^c   Stumpp, Oliver F ^b   Bedi, Vikramaditya ^b   Zachary, Christopher ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Mountain View CA 94043   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablative resurfacing; Fractional deep dermal ablation (fdda); Fractional photothermolysis; Photo Damage; co 2 laser

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CELL MIGRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DESQUAMATION; ENERGY; EPIDERMIS; EPIDERMIS CELL; EPITHELIZATION; ERYTHEMA; FACE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOREARM; FRACTIONATIONAL DEEP DERMAL ABLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; HYPOPIGMENTATION; LASER SURGERY; LIGHT DAMAGE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NECK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PETECHIA; PHOTOAGING; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCAR FORMATION; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKIN BLOOD VESSEL; SKIN EDEMA; SKIN INJURY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN SURFACE; SKIN TIGHTNESS; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WOUND CARE; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; AGED; COSMETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SKIN; SKIN AGING;

EID: 60849107328     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20715     Document Type: Article

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