Comparison of a 1,550nm Erbium:Glass fractional laser and a chemical reconstruction of skin scars (CROSS) method in the treatment of acne scars: A simultaneous split-face trial

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 545-549

  Hee, Jung Kim ^a   Tae, Gyun Kim ^a   Yeon, Sook Kwon ^a   Jin, Mo Park ^a   Ju, Hee Lee ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

1,550nm Erbium:Glass fractional laser; Acne scar; Chemical reconstruction of skin scars (CROSS); Fractional; Laser

Indexed keywords

TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; CAUSTIC AGENT; ERBIUM;

ACNE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF SKIN SCAR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERBIUM YAG LASER; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PHOTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN SCAR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACNE VULGARIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SCAR; SOLID STATE LASER;

ACNE VULGARIS; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; CAUSTICS; CHEMEXFOLIATION; CICATRIX; DOSE FRACTIONATION; ERBIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHLOROACETIC ACID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349644857     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20796     Document Type: Article

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