Fractional photothermolysis-an update

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 137-144

  Bogdan Allemann, Inja ^a   Kaufman, Joely ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ablative fractional photothermolysis; Laser; Non ablative fractional photothermolysis

Indexed keywords

AMINOLEVULINIC ACID; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; MELANIN; RETINOID;

ACNE; ACTINIC KERATOSIS; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CHLOASMA; DRY SKIN; EDEMA; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIZATION; ERBIUM YAG LASER; ERYTHEMA; FRACTIONAL PHOTOTHERMOLYSIS; HEMANGIOMA; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOPIGMENTATION; KELOID; KERATINOCYTE; LASER; LIGHT DAMAGE; MELANOCYTE; NEVUS; PAIN; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHOTOAGING; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PHOTOLYSIS; PIGMENT DISORDER; POIKILODERMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REJUVENATION; REVIEW; RHYTIDES; SCAR; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN HYPERTROPHY; SKIN PIGMENTATION; SKIN SCAR; SKIN WATER LOSS; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; TELANGIECTASIA; TISSUE REPAIR; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; VASCULAR DISEASE; VIRUS REACTIVATION; WRINKLE;

HUMANS; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; PHOTOTHERAPY; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 72349085938     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-009-0734-8     Document Type: Review

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